{
  "id": 9034623,
  "title": "Ho Chi Minh City seeks to convert 4.6 hectares of protective mangrove forest for $3.9B metro developed by Vingroup company",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/ho-chi-minh-city-seeks-to-convert-4-6-hectares-of-protective-mangrove",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress International",
    "slug": "vnexpress-international",
    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/environment/ho-chi-minh-city-seeks-to-convert-4-6-hectares-of-protective-mangrove-forest-for-3-9b-metro-developed-by-vingroup-company-5123016.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ho Chi Minh City authorities asked the city's People's Council on Sept. 21 to approve converting 4.57 hectares of mangrove forest for the Ben Thanh-Can Gio metro line.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}