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PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - November 28

Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:11pm EST

HANOI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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NHAN DAN

-- The Agriculture Ministry warned central provinces of a recurrence of bird flu.

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SAIGON GIAI PHONG

-- The Phu Yen provincial government gave an investment licence to Britain's Technostar Management Ltd and Russia's Telloil to build a $1.7 billion oil refinery with an initial capacity of 4 million tonnes per year by 2011.

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LAO DONG

-- Japanese companies signed contracts worth about $4.5 billion with Vietnam during the visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to Tokyo.

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THANH NIEN

-- Top high technology firm FPT FPT.HM signed a contract with SBI Holding of Japan to establish an investment fund called Vietnam Japan Fund with a capital of $100 million to invest in privatised companies in Vietnam.

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