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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

- Grab joins City’s transport dept. to make bus service convenient. [Saigon Times]

- Ho Chi Minh City doctors separate conjoined twins in landmark surgery. [Tuoi Tre]

Vietnam

- Vietnam refutes China’s claim of 2,000-year operations in East Sea. [Saigon Times]

- V-pop prince scales Billboard's Social 50 chart. [VnExpress]

- Hanoi new apartment supply falls to seven-year low. [VnExpress]

- FIFA bans 11 Vietnamese players for match-fixing. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam to repatriate over 100 Covid-19 patients. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam logs 8 imported coronavirus cases, all from Russia. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- No backslapping, no bonhomie? EU summit opens with Covid-19 safeguards. [The Guardian]

- World’s rarest wild hamster is now critically endangered. [National Geographic] 

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