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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

- Solutions to ease HCM City’s low-priced house shortage proposed. [Dan Tri]

- HCM City aims high in teaching foreign languages to school children. [VietnamNet]

- HCMC terminates $110 mln downtown parking project. [VnExpress]

- Policewoman fined for insulting airline employee at Ho Chi Minh City airport. [Tuoi Tre]

Vietnam

- Vietnamese pepper farmers hit by huge losses. [Dan Tri]

- Four, including three riding pillion, die in motorbike crash in Vietnam. [Tuoi Tre]

- Vietnam advance to final of AFF women’s football champs. [VietnamNet]

Other

- Amazon Rain Forest Fires: Here’s What’s Really Happening. [New York Times]

- Hong Kong police deploy water-cannon vehicles for first time during clashes with protesters. [Straits Times]

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