HANOI, Aug 13 (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. - - - - VIETNAM NEWS -- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung decided on Sunday to use 85 billion dong ($5.3 million) from the state reserve budget to aid seven flood-stricken provinces. - - - - VIETNAM INVESTMENT REVIEW -- The Bourbon Tay Ninh Sugar Co. plans to spend several billion dollars to diversify its investment portfolio with a focus on the property and power sectors. -- Vietnamese coffee exporters need market analysis data and storage facilities as global prices take off, a Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association official said. - - - - NHAN DAN -- Traffic resumed on the north-south railways on Sunday after workers had repaired track sections damaged by floods in the central province of Quang Binh. - - - - QUAN DOI NHAN DAN -- Landslides are threatening more than 3,700 families in the central province of Quang Ngai, one of the areas hit by floods last week. - - - - HANOI MOI -- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed with a plan to lower the petrol retail prices while keeping coal prices unchanged to help slow Vietnam's inflation. - - - - SAIGON GIAI PHONG -- Thousands of families are due to be relocated this year to avoid seasonal floods in the Mekong delta provinces. - - - - LAO DONG -- The government has pledged to send 3,000 tonnes of rice to flood victims in central provinces. - - - - THANH NIEN -- Police in Hanoi have arrested a South Korean man for defrauding 22 Vietnamese who paid him about $27,000 in return for help to get work in South Korea. -- Only two provinces Dien Bien in the north and Dong Thap in the south are still affected by bird flu, the Animal Health Department said. - - - - DAU TU -- South Korean steel maker POSCO <005490.KS> said it was seeking permission to invest $4.5 billion in a steel plant in the central province of Khanh Hoa. Posco plans to start construction next year and operation will start in 2010. -- Trade between Vietnam and China is expected to grow 15.5 percent annually to reach $11 billion by 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said. - - - -
