Morning News Roundup: ​Jetstar Launches Direct Flights Between Quang Binh, Chiang Mai

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• ​Jetstar launches direct flights between Quang Binh and Chiang Mai [Tuoi Tre]

• In smartphone era, children still fight crickets in Saigon outskirts [Tuoi Tre]

• Developing small-scale hydropower is a big mistake: experts [VietnamNet]

• Unsatisfactory GDP leaves Vietnam in middle-income trap [VietnamNet]

• Chinese man carrying nearly $1mln into Vietnam captured [SGGP]

• HCMC encourages using alternative materials in construction [SGGP]

• HCM City trials scrapping construction licence [VietnamPlus]

• Dengue fever death toll rises to 24 as outbreak spreads across Vietnam [VnExpress]

• Warehouse in Saigon’s backpacker precinct burns to the ground [VnExpress]

• Hanoi to build four more metro lines by 2020 [DTI]

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