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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 – St. Petersburg direct air route proposed. [Vietnam+]
- Ho Chi Minh City downtown park renovation wins Future Project of the Year. [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
- Money disbursed for transport projects lower than expected. [Saigon Times]
- Leading NGOs urge Vietnam to scrap new coal-fired power projects. [VnExpress]
- Transport ministry to prioritise investment in expressway in 2020. [Dan Tri]
- Chung cakes with salmon stand out amid pork shortage. [Dan Tri]
- Crop dusting drones roam the skies above southern Vietnam’s paddy fields. [Tuoi Tre]
Other
- Japan Airlines to offer 50,000 free round-trip domestic flights to foreign tourists. [Japan Times]
- Indonesia mounts operation to aid flood victims in Jakarta after heaviest rainfall in a single day in 24 years. [Straits Times]
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