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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 River bus not convenient enough to lure commuters. [VnExpress]
- HCMC to spend $21 mln on environment monitoring system. [VnExpress]
- Vietnam jails 4 for plotting explosive attacks near Ho Chi Minh City. [Tuoi Tre]
- Dong Nai’s water seriously polluted, HCM City vows to rescue river. [VietnamNet]
Vietnam
- Vietnam ranks well in Mastercard's Women Entrepreneurs Index 2019. [Dan Tri]
- Vietnamese population set at 104 million by 2030. [Dan Tri]
- Hanoi to welcome Tet with 30 fireworks shows. [VietnamNet]
- Fans upset by Hanoi’s dreadful organization of Asia Artist Awards 2019. [Tuoi Tre]
Other
- Office Workers May Be Breathing Potentially Harmful Compounds in Cosmetics. [Scientific American]
- Godfrey Gao dies while filming: A look back on his rise to fame from Fashion F4 to 'nation's husband.' [Straits Times]
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