PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - November 2
HANOI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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VIETNAM NEWS
-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged all ministries, sectors, localities and people to eliminate acute diarrhoea which has infected more than 130 people in five northern cities and provinces.
-- Vinacafe Bien Hoa Co has invested 500 billion dong ($31 million) to build its third agricultural product processing plant.
-- Crude oil transporter Petrovietnam Transportation Corp is finalising procedures to list on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange .VNI in mid-November, General Director Pham Viet Anh said. The firm has a registered capital of 720 billion dong ($44.6 million), 60 percent owned by state oil group Petrovietnam.
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SAIGON GIAI PHONG
-- Demand to lease flats in Hanoi is rising while no space is left in areas close to the city centre, pushing monthly rents to $45 per square metre for a first-class quality flat, compared with an average rent of around $25 per square metre.
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LAO DONG
-- Trade between Vietnam and Canada is expected to exceed $1 billion this year, Matt Fraser of the Canadian embassy said.
-- Top IT firm FPT FPT.HM would reduce its leading market share of the handset market to supply a wider range of products for "e-citizens", chief executive Truong Gia Binh said.
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TUOI TRE
-- Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked the Industry and Trade Ministry to bar fuel distributors from increasing retail prices to contain inflation, despite high world oil prices.
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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM
-- Foreign tourist arrivals rose 17.8 percent to 3.5 million in the first 10 months of 2007 from a year earlier, the Vietnam Tourism Administration said.
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