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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
- Ho Chi Minh City to offer Can Gio-Vung Tau ferry services in 2019. [Tuoi Tre]
- Saigon bar raid nets hundreds of drug users. [VnExpress]
Vietnam
- Myopia rising in children in Vietnam: doctors. [Tuoi Tre]
- Teenager swimmer wins Vietnam’s first ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympics. [VietnamNet]
- Health Ministry urges tight control for Ebola prevention. [Dan Tri]
- Quang Ngai 16th century shipwreck excavation suspended. [Dan Tri]
- Hanoi man faces charges for robbing three South Korean women. [VnExpress]
- New air route links Quang Ninh’s Van Don, China’s Hunan province. [Vietnam+]
Other
- How this rare, good-luck fish is thriving in Bhutan. [National Geographic]
- Boeing reports biggest quarterly loss as 737 Max grounding drags on. [Straits Times]
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