HANOI, April 21 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories. - - - - FINANCIAL NEWS: VIETNAM NEWS -- Shareholders have approved Asia Commercial Bank <ACB.HN> raising its registered capital through issuing 1.35 trillion dong ($76 million) of convertible bonds this year. - - - - LAO DONG -- Bao Viet Holdings, Vietnam's largest insurer, made a net profit of 325.6 billion dong ($18.3 million) in the period from Oct. 16, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2008, compared with 733.85 billion dong in the period between Jan. 1 and Oct. 15, 2007, its audited statement said. ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS: NHAN DAN -- Early flooding on the Mekong River is forecast to arrive in the Mekong Delta in late June or early July as usual, which would not affect crops, the National Hydro and Meteorology Centre said. - - - - SAIGON GIAI PHONG -- The government has ordered the Labour Ministry to look into foreign workers in Vietnam and make necessary amendments to regulations in order to limit such labour usage without authorisation. - - - - TUOI TRE -- A man in Hanoi has been tested positive for the cholera virus, becoming the country's first cholera case this year, the Health Ministry said. - - - - THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM -- Consumer prices in Ho Chi Minh City in April are likely to rise 0.49 percent from March, the city's statistics department said. - - - - (Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
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