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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 to suspend company with 70,000 workers to staunch COVID-19. [Tuoi Tre]

- HCMC wants biggest employer to close over Covid-19 risks. [VnExpress]

- Ho Chi Minh City begins screening factory workers to prevent COVID-19 transmission. [Tuoi Tre]

- Major traffic projects accelerate to finish in HCMC. [SGGP]

Vietnam

- PM calls on expats to keep joining nation's efforts in pandemic combat. [Vietnam+]

- 12 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Japan come back home. [SGGP]

- Two more infections recorded at Hanoi’s new Covid-19 hotspot. [VnExpress]

Other

- First coronavirus deaths reported in indigenous communities in the Amazon. [National Geographic]

- Taiwan, WHO spar again over coronavirus information sharing. [Saigon Times]

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