HANOI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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VIETNAM NEWS

-- President Nguyen Minh Triet applauded a plan by the Gillmann Group, Fidelity Ventures and partners from the United States to invest $5 billion in a recreational complex in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

-- The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange <.VNI> is selecting two brokerages to test a new remote trading system which is expected to be in place by the end of the first quarter of 2008.

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QUAN DOI NHAN DAN

-- The government has approved the payment of state employee salaries to bank accounts from Jan. 1, 2008 as a measure to fight corruption and reduce the use of cash.

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SAIGON GIAI PHONG

-- Bird flu has killed 150 ducks in the southern province of Tra Vinh, the latest infection found in the Mekong Delta, the Animal Health Department said.

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TUOI TRE

-- Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has been put in charge of all financial activities, including the stock markets and banks.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- Partly private Eximbank said it had raised 18.48 trillion dong ($1.1 billion) in dong deposits this year while outstanding loans were 13.35 trillion dong ($826 million). The bank posted a pre-tax profit of 370 billion dong ($23 million) in the first eight months of 2007.

-- Fisheries exports would reach $3.6 billion this year, Deputy Agriculture Minister Nguyen Viet Thang said.

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