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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

- Passengers voice concerns as Vietnam’s Tan Son Nhat airport goes silent. [Tuoi Tre]

- ‘Reading ambassadors’ spread literary love to child patients in Ho Chi Minh City. [Tuoi Tre]

- HCM City struggles to deal with teacher shortage. [Dan Tri]

Vietnam

- Mekong Delta sugarcane farmers switch en masse to other crops. [VietnamNet]

- Big C ends the stocking of Vietnamese garments. [Dan Tri]

- Downpours from storm Mun paralyzes Hanoi traffic. [VnExpress]

- Vietjet to launch e-commerce platform. [VnExpress]

- Da Nang tops Vietnamese tourists’ popular destinations in 2019 summer. [VietnamNet]

Other

- Why shark attacks are more common in the Atlantic than the Pacific. [National Geographic]

- Singapore remains world's most powerful passport, tied with Japan. [Straits Times] 

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