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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

- Saigon police say won’t go soft on foreign traffic violators as ‘education’ period ends. [Tuoi Tre]

- Oktoberfest Beer Festival 2019 to be held in Hanoi, HCM City. [VietnamNet]

- Saigon plans $296 million underground shopping complex. [VnExpress]

Vietnam

- Solutions proposed to protect Cu Lao Cham amid rising tourist influx. [Dan Tri]

- China suffer defeat at hands of Vietnam in youth friendly on home soil. [Tuoi Tre]

- Vietnam’s GDP per capita is $3,000 per annum. [VietnamNet]

- Indian airline launches 2nd direct route to Vietnam. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam to build $1.3 billion expressway in Mekong Delta. [VnExpress]

Other

- How tampons and pads became so unsustainable. [National Geographic]

- Can Facebook Fix the Dating World Tinder Created? [The Atlantic] 

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