HANOI, May 8 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. - - - - FINANCIAL NEWS: TUOI TRE -- Tien Phong Bank formed by the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology <FPT.HM>, Vietnam National Reinsurance Corporation <VNR.HN> and Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company, with registered capital of 1 trillion dong ($63 million), is the newest commercial bank licensed by the central bank. -- Eximbank earned 96 billion dong ($6 million) in April profit, taking its total profit for the first four months of 2008 to 371 billion dong ($23.2 million). - - - - THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM -- The Prime Minister approved an investment of 7 trillion dong ($438 million) to construct the My Ly hydroelectric plant in the central province of Nghe An. -- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed a temporary suspension of fertiliser exports to secure domestic supply. -- The State Securities Commission is considering a proposal by the Vietnam Association of Securities Business to cut stock trading fees to 0.02 percent of transaction value or scrap the fees. - - - - ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS: NHAN DAN -- Exports of textile and garment products are expected to reach $9.8 billion this year, the Trade and Industry Ministry said. - - - - SAIGON GIAI PHONG -- The central bank issued a directive warning the public against online foreign exchange and gold trading. - - - - TUOI TRE -- A 19-month-old girl died of hand, foot and mouth disease on May 7 at Nhi Dong 2 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Doctors in Hanoi said they had also detected the enterovirus 71 strain in several paralysis cases in northern provinces. - - - - (Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
Indonesia's Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari speaks in an interview in Jakarta May 7, 2008. Indonesia is trying to defend the interests of poorer nations by refusing to share bird flu ...
