PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - July 2
HANOI, July 2 (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.
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VIETNAM NEWS
-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered provincial authorities to take urgent measures to prevent the further spread of dengue fever. Reports from affected areas showed that 22 people had died this year out of nearly 22,000 cases.
-- The Post and Telecommunications Ministry said it will control the mobile tariffs set by military-run Viettel, which has become a dominant player with a 30-percent domestic market share.
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VIETNAM INVESTMENT REVIEW
-- The government is planning to cut the corporate tax rate to 25 percent from 28 percent in a bid to lure investors, Deputy Finance Minister Truong Chi Trung said.
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HANOI MOI
-- Foreign direct investment in Vietnam reached more than $5.2 billion during the first six months, 8 percent higher than a year earlier, the Planning and Investment Ministry said. The value included new pledges and increased capital in existing projects.
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SAIGON GIAI PHONG
-- Mekong delta farmers have so far harvested 130,000 hectares (321,000 acres) of their new summer-autumn rice crop, with yields of 5 tonnes per hectare or 0.5 tonne higher than the same crop last year.
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LAO DONG
-- A herd of about 40 wild elephants disrupted crops in Ea Sup district of the central province of Daklak in recent nights.
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TUOI TRE
-- Torrential rains caused a wall collapse that killed three people in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Sunday. Another worker was missing in flash floods and two tourist boats sank at a port in Halong Bay.
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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM
-- State-run Agribank has arranged a syndicate loan worth 1.2 trillion dong ($74.4 million) to fund the construction of the 170-megawatt A Luoi hydro power plant which has a total investment of more than 3.2 trillion dong.
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DAU TU
-- India is among the top 10 largest foreign investors in Vietnam, pouring in $580 million last year. Earlier this year India's Essar group signed an agreement to invest $527 million in a hot-rolled steel plant in the country.
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