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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.
Vietnam
- Vietnam suffers high gastric cancer rates. [Dan Tri]
- Vietjet opens new air service between Phu Quoc and Seoul. [VOV]
- Vietnam peacekeeping force sets out on first mission in South Sudan. [VOV]
- Vietnam welcomes 11.6 million foreign tourists in nine months. [Dan Tri]
- Environmental fuel tax rise may be delayed. [VietnamNet]
- Plane mishap strands 4 Vietnamese in Micronesia. [SGGP]
Other
- 2 dead after Typhoon Trami batters Japan. [Straits Times]
- Netizens slam Indonesian agency for ‘lifting’ tsunami warning. [Asian Correspondent]
- 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers. [New York Times]
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