PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - Feb 11

Δημοσιεύθηκε: 11 Φεβρουαρίου 2009 - 02:59

HANOI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

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FINANCIAL NEWS:

TUOI TRE

-- Commercial banks said they have resumed lending to consumers with interest rates at 12-15 percent per year, down from a previous 18-20 percent.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- The listing of Vietcombank and mobile phone network provider MobiFone could lure foreign investors and help revive stock markets, the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors said.

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THANH NIEN

-- Companies on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange with a capital base of less than 80 billion dong ($4.7 million) must either move their listing to the Hanoi bourse or raise funds within six months from Feb. 8, Ho Chi Minh City's market regulators said.

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LAO DONG

-- The central bank has allowed Vietcombank to lend more than 15 percent of its equity to the country's top rice exporter Vinafood 2.

ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:

VIETNAM NEWS

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged provincial authorities, relevant ministries and sectors to take drastic actions to prevent the transmission of the bird flu virus from poultry to humans.

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HANOI MOI

-- Vietnam's exports of agricultural, forestry products and seafood this year are forecast to fall 14.6 percent to $14 billion, the Agriculture Ministry said.

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LAO DONG

-- More than 90 percent of workers in Ho Chi Minh City's industrial zones have returned to work after the Tet Lunar New Year holidays, according to a survey on firms with more than 5,000 workers. In previous years two to three percent of workers did not return to work after Tet.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- The Construction Ministry said it would invest nearly $650 million in housing projects for low-income residents with about 44,000 apartments planned over the next six years.

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(Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom) Keywords: VIETNAM PRESS

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