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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 senior students get another week off as Covid-19 cases surge. [VnExpress]

- HCMC publicizes legal information of housing projects. [SGGP]

- Martial arts transform lives of young women in Ho Chi Minh City. [Tuoi Tre]

Vietnam

- Epidemic causes credit growth to slow significant in first two months. [Vietnam+]

- Danang cyclo drivers experience hard times due to Covid-19 outbreak. [Dan Tri]

- South Korea hopes Vietnam will not quarantine Samsung experts. [VnExpress]

- Vietnam’s COVID-19 cases surge to 30, with 16 having fully recovered. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- S. Korea reports 248 new virus cases, total now at 7,382. [Yonhap News]

- Leaked coronavirus plan to quarantine 16m sparks chaos in Italy. [The Guardian]

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