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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

- New Mien Dong Coach Station to open in mid-August. [Saigon Times]

- HCMC steps up search for returnees from Danang. [Saigon Times]

Vietnam

- Vietnam logs 8 new COVID-19 cases linked to 4 hospitals in Da Nang. [Tuoi Tre]

- Quang Nam closes entertainment outlets to curb Covid-19 threat. [VnExpress]

- Vietnam flight to repatriate 120 Covid-19 infectees leaves for Equatorial Guinea. [VnExpress]

- 230 Vietnamese citizens return from Taiwan. [Dan Tri]

- Dong Nai sends 4 people returning from Da Nang City to isolation areas. [SGGP]

- Vietnam grabs gold medal from European Physics Olympiad 2020. [SGGP]

Other

- Vietnam sends officers to Laos to help put out market fire. [Tuoi Tre]

- Hollywood Is Finally Admitting That the U.S. Is a Lost Cause. [The Atlantic]

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