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Vietnam has introduced a new cybersecurity law which forces internet providers to give authorities' user data when requested: ow.ly/gi9Y30nzN8Z

A new eco-tourism camp keeps a remote forest same from poaching and offers a relaxing stay. Read more here: ow.ly/GPn730nu4lQ

More than a third of Ho Chi Minh's historic buildings have been destroyed over the last 20 years. Read more about how the city is erasing its heritage: ow.ly/JNOj30nqoKZ

Of the more than 8 billion Tetra Paks sold every year in Vietnam, only a few percent are recycled. This is having a catastrophic effect on the environment, as cartons pile up on beaches and landfills across the country. ow.ly/Obq030mYFL4

Facebook has admitted failings over incitement to violence in Myanmar after a report concluded that posts on the platform have been linked to offline violence. ow.ly/mcbA30mMWcp

Bangladesh admits that it will be unable to voluntarily repatriate Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar as planned because it cannot find anyone willing to go back. Read more here: ow.ly/CtrL30mFRpk

Addressing climate change in the Korean peninsula could help bring North and South Korea closer. ow.ly/W8NW30mAKQF

As home to Cambodia’s only deep-water port, Sihanoukville has become a focal point for Chinese investment. However, the sheer speed of development has divided locals. ow.ly/fdQ330msHzm

Growing anti-Vietnamese sentiment behind a five-day protest highlights increasing hostility towards Vietnam and the ethnic Vietnamese living in Cambodia. ow.ly/ViPH30mpQuC

Largely due to climate change, heatwaves and drought have devastated crops in rural Cambodia. Many farmers have been forced to abandon their fields and work in the country’s growing brick industry, where they become trapped in debt bondage. Learn more: ow.ly/EYnw30mo9Gf

Vietnamese activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, popularly known by her pen name Mother Mushroom, has arrived in the US after her surprise release from prison. She has vowed to never keep silent in her fight for democracy in Vietnam. ow.ly/Zckh30mkDuC

South Korea foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha has said economic sanctions against North Korea are being reviewed. President Trump is angry after South Korea signals it may ease North Korea sanctions. ow.ly/aIIs30mf1cD

Kim Jong-un has agreed to shut down one of the country's main missile testing and launch sites ow.ly/h5Sx30mdaCB

China’s northern plain will become uninhabitable in places if climate change is not curbed. The north China plain is home to 400 million people and vital to China’s food production. Read more on the potential crisis here: ow.ly/PGag30m9cxi

The Rohingya continue to suffer as social media is slow to react to the genocide in Myanmar. Read more about the genocide here: ow.ly/LeZs30m7qQ6

Myanmar is a land now marked by segregation and brutal clashes between buddhists and muslims. Since August of last year, more than 700,000 Rohingya have fled ethnic cleansing in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Read more here: ow.ly/RUy430m6ujp

Special Economic Zones are still attractive to Vietnam's government despite proven shortcomings. Read more here: ow.ly/oIIb30m3h32

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More than 125 people have been killed in India due to "one of the worst seen" dust storms that have been ongoing since Sunday. Saddened by the tragedy and hope the government will do all it can to aid and prevent future disasters. ow.ly/CZMa30k0s6d