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Weekend Stories Roundup: Landfill Woes, Miss World Vietnam and Rhino Horns

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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

- Southern Saigon residents suffer headaches from landfill stench. [VnExpress]

- HCMC to auction 15 land lots in Thu Thiem. [Saigon Times]

Vietnam

- Vietnam seizes 125 kilos of rhino horn hidden in plaster. [Tuoi Tre]

- 500 cops bust online gambling ring in northern Vietnam. [VnExpress]

- Miss World Vietnam final to be held in Da Nang. [Nhan Dan]

- Hanoi businessman confident to revive polluted To Lich River. [Dan Tri]

- Seven frozen tiger carcasses seized from trafficking gang in Hanoi. [VnExpress]

- Vietnam renews demand for ‘immediate withdrawal’ of Chinese ship in disputed South China Sea. [SCMP]

Other

- Giant sea wall 'must be built quickly' to stop Indonesian capital sinking into sea, president says. [The Independent]

- At least eight killed, scores injured as quakes hit Philippines. [Al Jazeera]

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