HANOI, Nov 12 (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

-- Bird flu has recurred in six provinces, mostly in ducks, the Agriculture Ministry said.

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VIETNAM INVESTMENT REVIEW

-- South Korean steel maker Posco <005490.KS> said it planned to establish a venture with shipbuilder Vinashin to invest $5.8 billion in a major steel plant in Van Phong Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

-- Lotte Shopping Co <023530.KS> of South Korea said it planned to invest $2 billion in a 50-storey in a Ho Chi Minh City retail complex.

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NHAN DAN

-- Nearly 1,000 people died in traffic accidents in the first 10 months, the Police Ministry said.

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HANOI MOI

-- The government estimated Vietnamese have created three million Internet blogs, raising concerns about the ability to control their content.

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TUOI TRE

-- The Transport Ministry has approved Vietnam Highway Development Co to invest nearly 20 trillion dong ($1.2 billion) in building a new road linking Hanoi with the northern border province of Lao Cai.

-- Police started a nationwide crackdown to gather information and detain people in an investigation into an Internet credit fraud scheme.

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THANH NIEN

-- At least five people have been killed in floods that started rising again in central provinces following heavy rains brought by a tropical depression.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- Drilling Mud Company said it would list all its 12 million shares coded PVC on the over-the-counter Hanoi Securities Trading Centre <.HASTCI> from Thursday.

-- Ten largest coffee export firms would soon be the first to adopt new export quality standardd for their beans, the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association said.

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DAU TU

-- Construction of Dung Quat oil refinery, Vietnam's first, is about six months behind schedule, project developers reported to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

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