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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 university joins telecoms behemoth Viettel in 5G chip research. [Tuoi Tre]

- HCMC earns US$1 bln per year thanks to medical tourism. [SGGP]

- One killed, another critically injured after riding motorbike in automobile lane in Saigon. [Tuoi Tre]

Vietnam

- Con Dao Airport extension project to cost VND2.3trn. [Dan Tri]

- Hanoi presents two tonnes of face masks to New York city. [Vietnam+]

- Vinhomes to build $10 bln urban area in northern Vietnam. [VnExpress]

- Hanoi’s first metro to operate commercially by year-end. [VnExpress]

- Two new imported cases of COVID-19 raise total to 372. [SGGP]

Other

- Anti-racism marches urge Japan to reflect on past. [Japan Times]

- In the U.K., families of the dead still wonder: was it COVID-19? [National Geographic] 

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