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PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - July 9

09 Jul 2007 02:17:00 GMT
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HANOI, July 9 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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VIETNAM NEWS

-- Vietnam's population is expected to rise to 93.7 million by 2015 from 84.1 million now, the population council said as it planned to raise about $60 million to invest in contraceptives to control population increase.

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NHAN DAN

-- India would be Vietnam's most important partner in many sectors, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said after completing his visit to the country.

-- Developers said they would need about 27 trillion dong ($1.7 billion) to reinforce the dyke along the Red River in Hanoi and build new urban centres over 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) on both sides of the river.

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HANOI MOI

-- State-owned Saigontourist has been voted the best travel company in the country by the National Tourism Administration.

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SAIGON GIAI PHONG

-- The Military Science and Technology Centre has created software to maintain and update a database of about 2.64 million Communist Party members.

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LAO DONG

-- One of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against U.S. companies which produced Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, Nguyen Van Quy, died on July 7, a week after returning from a court hearing in New York City.

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THANH NIEN

-- Traffic police said they would launch a three-month campaign on July 15 to crack down on speeding, passenger bus overloads and other violations of traffic laws.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- Nearly 10 commercial banks have raised interest rates on dollar deposits since late June, partly to meet higher repayment demand by importers.

-- The central bank has bought $7 billion since the start of this year to help reduce the foreign currencies circulating in the market, State Bank of Vietnam Governor Le Duc Thuy said.

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DAU TU

-- Vietnam's consumer price index growth has been high this year due mainly to higher prices of food, housing and construction materials, said Nguyen Tien Thoa, head of the Finance Ministry's Price Management Department.

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