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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
- HCMC spends $25 mln on 543,000 pandemic victims. [VnExpress]
- Scores detained for motorbike racing in city near Saigon amid COVID-19 social distancing. [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
- Flash flood hits Dien Bien, isolating three communes. [Saigon Times]
- AIA Vietnam pledges VND23 billion in support for Covid-19 frontliners. [Saigon Times]
- Food industry considers survival plans as Covid-19 spreads. [VnExpress]
- Hanoi encourages citizens to stay indoors to fight COVID-19. [Tuoi Tre]
- Tropical depression to churn towards East Sea. [SGGP]
- Vietnam stands 6th in FIFA Women's Asia Ranking. [SGGP]
Other
- Fujifilm unit to make COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Britain. [Japan Times]
- What Is Ammonium Nitrate, the Chemical That Exploded in Beirut? [Scientific American]
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