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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 speeds up work on four underground parking lots. [Vietnam+]

- 300 construction inspectors in HCM City disciplined. [VietnamNet]

Vietnam

- Laos seeks Vietnam's help to search for flash flood victims. [VnExpress]

- Illegal quarrying reaches alarming levels in Binh Phuoc. [Dan Tri]

- Police open criminal probe into first grader's death in Hanoi school bus. [VnExpress]

- Hanoi centre to find more HIV patients with awards. [Dan Tri]

- Yet another ancient temple in Vietnam taken apart for ‘bigger, better’ structure. [Tuoi Tre]

- Rain to batter Vietnam due to tropical depression, monsoon. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- Cambodia: Senior Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea dies at 93. [Al Jazeera]

- Hong Kong protests: Australia issues travel alert as China warns of worst crisis since 1997. [The Guardian]

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