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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

- Ho Chi Minh City to complete $430mn anti-flooding project by year-end. [Tuoi Tre]

- Work accelerated for HCM City’s first metro line. [Vietnam+]

Vietnam

- Educators bribed to alter 140 test scores: MPS. [VietnamNet]

- VN to reduce number of districts, communes. [VietnamNet]

- Vietjet to introduce two new international routes in summer. [Dan Tri]

- Hue works to make tourism sites more welcoming. [Vietnam+]

- Vietnam charges former cops for fatal beating of traffic violator. [VnExpress]

Other

- Spotify Accuses Apple of Anticompetitive Practices in Europe. [New York Times]

- Outage hits Facebook, Instagram users worldwide; Singapore affected. [Straits Times] 

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