Morning News Roundup: Vietnam Wants Homegrown Social Networks to Replace Facebook

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• Vietnamese government wants homegrown social networks to replace Facebook [VnExpress]

• Vietnam's southern province to get $4 bln investment in clean energy [VnExpress]

• Vietnam’s footwear industry threatened by automation [VietnamNet]

• The airlines that failed to take off in Vietnam [VietnamNet]

• Trump to visit Philippines in November: Official [CNA]

• Vietnamese consumers willing to pay more for safe foods: survey [DTI]

• Foreigners challenged by apartment ownership in Ho Chi Minh City [Tuoi Tre]

• Locals barricade road to save environment in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]

• Vietnam strives to develop brand for sea-island tourism [DTI]

• HCMC to auction nearly 4,000 resettlement apartments in Thu Thiem [SGGP]

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