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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

- Operation, management of HCM City apartment buildings to be inspected. [Vietnam+]

- Ho Chi Minh City administration riddled with vacancies. [Tuoi Tre]

- HCMC continues sending doctors from big to small hospitals. [SGGP]

Vietnam

- Seafood industry faces shortage of input materials. [Dan Tri]

- Resort illegally built inside protection forest in central Vietnam. [Tuoi Tre]

- Famous weightlifter tested positive for doping. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam borrows $188 million to boost connectivity in the north. [VnExpress]

Other

- After Facebook’s Scandals, Mark Zuckerberg Says He’ll Shift Focus to Private Sharing. [New York Times]

- Male 'gender norms' may contribute to higher death rates: UN report. [Reuters] 

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