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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

- Ho Chi Minh City’s new Eastern Bus Station to open in late April. [Tuoi Tre]

- Land data in HCMC to be fully digitized in 2020. [SGGP]

Vietnam

- Mekong Delta parched in aftermath of 2019 El Nino. [VnExpress]

- Vietnam universities break into top 1,000 in global ranking. [VnExpress]

- Vietnamese American coronavirus patient may be discharged this weekend. [Saigon Times]

- Vietnamese products to no longer rely on one market. [SGGP]

- Two cruise ships bring 1,300 tourists to Vietnam. [Saigon Times]

- Vietnam looks to more than double power generation capacity by 2030. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- Infertile cancer patient has baby using frozen egg in world first. [Japan Times]

- Coronavirus: two passengers from Diamond Princess have died, reports say. [The Guardian]

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