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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

- Central region floods unearth Vietnam War-era bomb [VnExpress]

- Demand for organic farm produce on the rise in Vietnam [Vietnam Plus]

- Vietnamese provinces plan on building raw water plant to cope with saltwater intrusion [Tuoi Tre]

- Flood sweeps bridge in Kon Tum away, isolating 1,500 people [DTI News]

- Exxon, Japan's JERA to build LNG-to-power project in Vietnam [Reuters]

- French experts to arrive in Hanoi soon for metro safety evaluation [Hanoi Times]

- Land erosion worsens in the Mekong Delta [Vietnam News]

- Overseas remittances to HCMC reach US$4 billion in nine months [SGGP]

- Six airports suspend operations due to storm [Saigon Times]

- U.S., Vietnam sign $500 million deal to form 'Pork Consortium' [Yahoo Finance]

Other

- One dead, more than 100 rescued in Malaysia oil rig collision [Aljazeera]

- Asian stocks fall on worries over rising virus cases, US aid [AP]

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