HANOI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories. FINANCIAL NEWS: THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM -- Orient Commercial Bank said its gross profit in the first 10 months of this year reached 252 billion dong ($14.1 million), or 99 percent of the annual target. -- Exports of agricultural products is sure to surpass the $14 billion target for this year, the Agriculture Ministry said. ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS: VIETNAM NEWS -- Vietnamese and U.S. senior officials openly and frankly discussed issues of mutual concern relating to human rights on Tuesday in Washington. -- Vietnam's first rice trading floor will debut in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang during the first ever Rice Festival at the end of this month. LAO DONG -- The Industry and Trade Ministry has established a steering board to oversee bauxite projects in the Central Highlands. THANH NIEN -- Three Vietnam Airlines flight attendants were detained in Seoul on Thursday after customs discovered a large quantity of precious metal, suspected to be gold, in their luggage. -- Domestic gold prices are about 500,000 dong ($27) per tael lower than world prices now after the central bank lifted a ban on imports and consumers rushed to sell to cut losses, said Nguyen Ngoc Que, director of Sacombank's jewellery arm SBJ. TUOI TRE -- A Russian-built fighter jet crashed in the northern city of Yen Bai on Thursday killing two pilots, local officials said. (Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
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