HANOI, May 6 (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.
FINANCIAL NEWS
DAU TU
-- Vietnam posted credit growth of more than 5 percent in the first four months of this year against the end of 2010, which is controllable when compared with an annual growth target of below 20 percent, central bank data show.
ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:
VIETNAM NEWS
-- Vietnam's economic growth will slow to 6.2 percent this year, with high inflation a key challenge for the country, the U.N.'s 2011 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific said.
SAIGON GIAI PHONG
-- People suspected of contracting bird flu and the H1N1 flu virus will be given free treatment, the Health Ministry said.
-- The mid-term Consultative Group meeting chaired by the World Bank will take place on June 8-9 in the central province of Ha Tinh, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said.
TUOI TRE
-- The Asian Development Bank will provide $1.38 billion in soft loans to Vietnam to improve people's access to clean water, protect forests and solve urban problems. The bank signed agreements on the loans with Vietnam's central bank on Thursday.
THANH NIEN
-- A 55-year-old man was killed by the H1N1 flu virus on Thursday after he was taken to a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City from the southern province of Tien Giang, a provincial health official said.
THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM
-- State oil and gas Petrovietnam group said its revenues in the first four months of this year rose 49 percent from the same period last year to 205 trillion dong ($10 billion), of which crude oil sales totalled $3.7 billion.
-- The government has given instruction on measures to control inflation this year at around 12 percent, similar to 2010, but it is stressful to reach this target, Planning and Investment Minister Vo Hong Phuc said.
LAO DONG:
-- State oil and gas Petrovietnam group said it had halted and suspended 66 projects with the total investment of 7.25 trillion dong ($351.77 million) in line with a government policy to reduce state investment to help control inflation.
(Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
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FINANCIAL NEWS
DAU TU
-- Vietnam posted credit growth of more than 5 percent in the first four months of this year against the end of 2010, which is controllable when compared with an annual growth target of below 20 percent, central bank data show.
ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:
VIETNAM NEWS
-- Vietnam's economic growth will slow to 6.2 percent this year, with high inflation a key challenge for the country, the U.N.'s 2011 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific said.
SAIGON GIAI PHONG
-- People suspected of contracting bird flu and the H1N1 flu virus will be given free treatment, the Health Ministry said.
-- The mid-term Consultative Group meeting chaired by the World Bank will take place on June 8-9 in the central province of Ha Tinh, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said.
TUOI TRE
-- The Asian Development Bank will provide $1.38 billion in soft loans to Vietnam to improve people's access to clean water, protect forests and solve urban problems. The bank signed agreements on the loans with Vietnam's central bank on Thursday.
THANH NIEN
-- A 55-year-old man was killed by the H1N1 flu virus on Thursday after he was taken to a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City from the southern province of Tien Giang, a provincial health official said.
THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM
-- State oil and gas Petrovietnam group said its revenues in the first four months of this year rose 49 percent from the same period last year to 205 trillion dong ($10 billion), of which crude oil sales totalled $3.7 billion.
-- The government has given instruction on measures to control inflation this year at around 12 percent, similar to 2010, but it is stressful to reach this target, Planning and Investment Minister Vo Hong Phuc said.
LAO DONG:
-- State oil and gas Petrovietnam group said it had halted and suspended 66 projects with the total investment of 7.25 trillion dong ($351.77 million) in line with a government policy to reduce state investment to help control inflation.
(Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
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