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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

- Vietnamese billionaires’ wealth surges despite pandemic [VnExpress]

- Helicopters bring goods to isolated households in Quang Nam [DTI News]

- Vietnam Estimates Typhoon Molave Caused $430 Million of Damage [Bloomberg]

- Vietravel Airlines licensed for air transport [Saigon Times]

- S.Korean expert who initially tested positive for COVID-19 after leaving Vietnam retests negative [Tuoi Tre]

- Japan now allows entry of Vietnamese [Hanoi Times]

- Việt Nam tests COVID-19 vaccine on monkeys [Vietnam News]

- Vietnam to allow banks to use foreign e-wallets for int’l payments [Vietnam Plus]

- Number of foreign visitors to Vietnam increases by 7.6 percent in October [SGGP]

Other

- Russia to criminalise comparing Stalin to Hitler [EU Observer]

- At least 10 killed, over 30 million affected as super typhoon slams the Philippines [Straits Times]

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