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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
- Underground trade centre to be built in HCM City. [Dan Tri]
- Children with cancer attend special school year opening ceremony at Saigon hospital. [Tuoi Tre]
Vietnam
- Thai Nguyen City deeply submerged after downpours. [VietnamNet]
- Province home to Hoi An strives to develop ‘plastic waste-free’ tourism. [Tuoi Tre]
- RMIT partners with Sovico and Vietjet in aviation training. [Dan Tri]
- Committee concerned over feasibility of North-South $58 billion high-speed railway plan. [VietnamNet]
- Vietnam U22 team beat China in friendly match. [SGGP]
Other
- ‘Life-saving’: hundreds of refugees to be evacuated from Libya to Rwanda. [The Guardian]
- Traditional rituals associated with curses persist in 21st-century Japan. [Japan Times]
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