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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
- HCM City hosts major global conference on heart diseases. [VietnamNet]
- HCM City plans to clean up five polluted canals. [VietnamNet]
Vietnam
- Vietnam's phone export up 5 pct in 10 months. [Xinhua]
- Central region faces another low tropical pressure. [Dan Tri]
- Nghe An police arrest eight people over Essex lorry deaths. [Dan Tri]
- Vietnam takes over ASEAN chairmanship from Thailand. [VnExpress]
- Man arrested with smuggled ivory, agarwood from Bangkok. [VnExpress]
- UK embassy in Hanoi holds minute’s silence to commemorate Essex victims. [Tuoi Tre]
Other
- Asean summit: US condemns Chinese 'intimidation' in the South China Sea. [The Guardian]
- ASEAN, FIFA agree to cooperate to develop football in Southeast Asia. [Nhan Dan]
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