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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’s CPI up 0.52 percent in November. [Vietnam+]

- Go-Viet driver dies after street brawl over spitting row in Ho Chi Minh City. [Tuoi Tre] 

Vietnam

- Bodies, ashes of 23 truck victims to be repatriated today. [Saigon Times]

- Vietnam beat Indonesia at SEA Games. [VnExpress]

- State Bank of Vietnam to enforce monthly cap on e-wallet transactions. [Tuoi Tre]

- Quang Binh seeking ways to protect rare langurs. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam aims for top three of 30th SEA Games. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam athletes take seven golds on day one of SEA Games. [Saigon Times]

Other

- Samsung to roll out Galaxy Fold in more countries. [Yonhap News]

- 'I choose to stay,' says a holdout of Hong Kong university campus siege. [Straits Times] 

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