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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

- USD1.13 billion poured into HCM City’s anti-flooding projects in four years [DTI News]

Vietnam

- Vietnam hands over two American fugitives to US police [VnExpress]

- Powerful Storm Molave moving fast, forecast to hit central Vietnam Oct. 28 [Saigon Times]

- PM approves 500 billion VND to support flood-hit localities [Vietnam Plus]

- Tons of trash build up across downtown Hanoi [SGGP]

- US$46.6 million solar power plant inaugurated in Ninh Thuan [Nhan Dan]

- First Vietnamese university among global top 700 [VoV]

- UK chases Asia’s largest offshore wind farm in Vietnam [Energy Voice]

Other

- US urges countries to withdraw from UN nuke ban treaty [AP]

- More mass testing in China after 137 COVID-19 cases in Xinjiang [Channel News Asia]

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