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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 cordons off 17 households as patient retests positive for COVID-19. [Tuoi Tre]

- Ministry approves HCMC-Long Thanh expressway expansion. [SGGP]

Vietnam

- Vietnamese doctors break with convention to save fetus. [VnExpress]

- Newly announced Covid-19 patient in Hanoi tests negative for the virus. [Dan Tri]

- Two communes in Phu Tho begin social distancing. [Saigon Times]

- Vietnam’s Covid-19 tally surpasses 1,000. [Saigon Times]

- Cai luong theater lacks new songwriters. [SGGP]

- 45 million Vietnamese people shop online. [Dan Tri]

Other

- Earth was 130 degrees this week. It will be much hotter one day. [National Geographic]

- Vietnam on high alert as Chikungunya rages in Cambodia. [Tuoi Tre]

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