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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 chairman visits British COVID-19 patient in hospital. [Tuoi Tre]
- HCMC to urgently complete Ring Road 2. [SGGP]
- HCMC seizes over nine kilos of drugs from Europe. [Saigon Times]
Vietnam
- Earthquake hits Lai Chau for third time in three days. [Saigon Times]
- With jobs lost to Covid-19, Vietnamese struggle to make ends meet. [VnExpress]
- Over 400,000 drivers fined in month-long traffic crackdown. [VnExpress]
- Vietnamese globetrotter returns home after over 1,000 days around world on motorbike. [Tuoi Tre]
- Man returning from Kuwait becomes Vietnam’s 335th Covid-19 patient. [SGGP]
Other
- How to beat loneliness during a pandemic? LGBTQ elders lend their wisdom. [National Geographic]
- Beijing’s Partial Lockdown a Sign of the World’s New Normal. [New York Times]
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