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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

- HCMC Book Street celebrates its 3rd birthday. [SGGP]

- One more trade center open in HCMC. [SGGP]

Vietnam

- Largest Observatory in Northern Vietnam to open to public. [Dan Tri]

- Ministry considers putting solar-power projects up for auction. [VietnamNet]

- Vietnamese police give locals free emergency call keychains for better crime control. [Tuoi Tre]

- Inflation rate in 2019 to be lower: economists. [VietnamNet]

- Grab appeals Vietnamese court ruling in taxi company dispute. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution. [New York Times]

- China is aiming for the moon but it won’t be alone up there. [Asian Correspondent] 

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