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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

- Soul Music & Performing Arts Academy launches online lessons. [SGGP]

- Saigon metro faces delay as experts unable to enter Vietnam. [VnExpress]

- One more patient dies of diphtheria. [Saigon Times]

- HCMC, Mekong Delta establish council to bolster tourism cooperation. [Saigon Times]

Vietnam

- Police proposed to investigate leaked physics test in Quang Ngai. [SGGP]

- Vietnam in Western cinema: Vietnamese must tell their own stories. [Tuoi Tre]

- Two Vietnamese awarded France's Order of Arts and Letters. [Tuoi Tre]

- Hanoi woman cops year-long flying ban for lifejacket violation. [VnExpress]

Other

- Indonesia reports 82 new coronavirus deaths, its highest daily tally. [Straits Times]

- The Pandemic Should Change the Way We Talk About Dying. [The Atlantic]

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