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Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.

Saigon

- HCM City focuses on industrial products. [Vietnam+]

- HCM City turns to IT for food safety management. [VietnamNet] 

Vietnam

- Can Tho City adds two new int’l air routes. [SGGP]

- Vietnam to export 100,000 tons of rice to China. [SGGP]

- Vietjet to ink $13 billion Boeing deal during Trump-Kim summit. [VnExpress]

- High risk of drought in central region in next three months. [Dan Tri]

- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves Pyongyang for Vietnam. [Tuoi Tre]

- Vietnam woman allegedly drugs bus passengers with sleeping pills to steal from them. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- Meet the neuroscientist shattering the myth of the gendered brain. [The Guardian]

- Oscars 2019: Your Guide to All the Best Picture Controversies. [New York Times]

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