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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.

Vietnam

- Train for Hanoi metro line 3 arrives one week early [Tuoi Tre]

- Pork prices fall as VN steps up imports, demand declines [VNS]

- Record flooding kills 84 in central region so far [Vietnam Plus]

- Report finds domestic violence the cause of more than 70 percent of divorces [Vietnam Net]

- Vietnamese TikToker goes viral by staring at camera [VnExpress]

- Six family members die in landslide in Quang Tri [DTI]

- Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide arrives in Hanoi for official visit [VoV]

- PM decides to provide 4,000 tons of rice to flood-hit provinces in central Vietnam [Saigon Times]

Other

- Astronomers witness 'spaghettification' of star shredded by a black hole [CNN]

- Samsung Heir to Visit Vietnam This Week After Returning from Europe [Korea Bizwire]

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