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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 Square construction proposed in Thu Thiem. [Dan Tri]

- HCM City seminar discusses service infrastructure planning. [Vietnam+]

Vietnam

- Over VND 11.7 trillion to upgrade Con Dao airport. [Dan Tri]

- U.S. Slaps Import Duties of More Than 400% on Vietnam Steel. [Bloomberg]

- World Briefs: Hanoi: 'Initial success' for swine fever vaccine. [Straits Times]

- Tropical Storm Mun to bring flooding, mudslides to China and Vietnam into Friday. [Accuweather]

- Japan suspends visa service of 8 Vietnamese travel agencies over ‘missing tourists’ cases. [Tuoi Tre]

- Gold prices rise as trade war resolution seems distant. [VnExpress] 

Other

- Japan and Singapore have world's most powerful passports. [The Independent]

- Hong Kong’s ‘death fighters’: young protesters with nothing to lose. [The Guardian]

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