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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

- Coaches from Japan get on HCMC’s first metro track [VnExpress]

Vietnam

- Vietnam registers strong recovery in Q3: QNB report [The Peninsula]

- HCM City expands 'green school' model [DTI News]

- Dong Nai’s two riverside roads require VND5.2 trillion [The Saigon Times]

- Another section of Hà Nội Ring Road No.3 opens to traffic [Vietnam News]

- Mobile network operators vow to stop ‘trash’ calls [Vietnam Net]

- Vietnam-US trade turnover surges 170 times in 25-year period [VoV]

- Central Vietnamese airports suspended from operations due to Storm Linfa [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- Indonesia's capital Jakarta to ease coronavirus curbs from Monday [ABC]

- Cruise ships dismantled for scrap metal as coronavirus pandemic sinks industry [Channel News Asia]

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