HANOI, Nov 6 (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

-- National Assembly deputies debated the government's socio-economic plan for 2008 with many saying they were in favour of a GDP growth target of 9 percent. The government has proposed a target range of between 8.5 percent and 9 percent.

-- Petrovietnam Fertiliser and Chemicals Co <DPM.HM>, which made its share debut on Monday, would invest $1.5 billion between now and 2015 in financial and production projects, chief executive Trinh Thanh Binh said.

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QUAN DOI NHAN DAN

-- National Assembly delegates said the government should set a target to keep the growth of the consumer price index at 7 percent in 2008.

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NHAN DAN

-- Three Vietnamese sailors held hostage along with 21 other fishermen from two South Korean fishing ships in Somali have been freed after more than five months in detention.

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SAIGON GIAI PHONG

-- Vietnam has sent 69,700 people to work overseas so far this year, 86.2 percent of the annual plan, and most went to Malaysia and Taiwan, the Labour Ministry said.

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LAO DONG

-- More than 1,000 people have contracted acute diarrhoea in the past several days and been taken to hospital, most of them in Hanoi and nearby northern provinces, the Health Ministry said.

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