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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 taps potential for medical tourism. [Vietnam+]

- Historic tidal flooding turns lives upside down in Ho Chi Minh City. [Tuoi Tre]

Vietnam

- Da Nang marathon calls for efforts to protect children from sexual abuse. [Vietnam+]

- Hanoi police arrest 2 for murdering GrabBike driver. [Tuoi Tre]

- Northern province seeks $136 mln in government funds for border expressway. [VnExpress]

- Air Seoul to open new route to Hanoi in December. [Dan Tri]

- Danang to deal with deteriorating apartment blocks. [Dan Tri]

- Tokyo film festival to screen two Vietnamese works. [VnExpress]

Other

- China’s Path Forward Is Getting Bumpy. [The Atlantic]

- Singapore's fake news law to come into effect Oct 2. [Straits Times] 

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