PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - February 25

HANOI, Feb 25 (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

-- Berjaya Leisure Cayman Ltd, a subsidiary of Malaysian group Berjaya Corp (BGRO.KL: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), received a licence to invest $930 million in building the Vietnam Financial Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

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QUAN DOI NHAN DAN

-- Bird flu was found in poultry in the northern province of Ninh Binh, the seventh province to report outbreaks this year, the Animal Health Department said.

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SAIGON GIAI PHONG

-- The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications group will invest $1 billion this year and in 2009 in developing the broadband network. Vietnam is forecast to add 20 million new subscribers this year to its mobile phone network which had 40 million subscribers at the end of 2007.

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LAO DONG

-- Banks have been increasing interest rates to raise dong funds so they are able to buy compulsory Treasury bills worth 20.3 trillion dong ($1.3 billion) next month.

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THANH NIEN

-- A new cold spell is expected in northern provinces from Tuesday, weather forecasters said.

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DAU TU

-- Ford Motor (F.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has raised its car assembling capacity in Vietnam to 800 per month from 300 to meet strong demand.

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