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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: Hot demand for air conditioners. [Vietnam+]

- HCM City pedestrian street to have new fountain. [Dan Tri]

- Keeping Koi fish a trendy hobby among affluent Saigonese. [Tuoi Tre]

Vietnam

- Financial problems slow down Hue Citadel relocation. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam beat Indonesia 1-0 in AFC U23 qualifier. [Vietnam+]

- Vietnam mulls direct route between HCMC airport, under-construction Long Thanh. [VnExpress]

- Vietnam bans import of glyphosate-based weed killers. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- Vietnamese, Philippine police work on trans-national drug trafficking case. [VietnamNet]

- Jakarta inaugurates MRT system to tackle one of world's worst traffic jams. [Straits Times] 

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