HANOI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified them and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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VIETNAM NEWS

-- A Cambodian of Vietnamese origin was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of opposing national unity by receiving money from "an exile reactionary organisation" to distribute 500 documents and 300 video discs with anti-Vietnam content and inciting Khmer ethnic minority people to lodge petitions.

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NHAN DAN

-- Vietnam has 1,216 people suffering from acute diarrhoea in 11 provinces and two cities, Hanoi and Haiphong, the Health Ministry said.

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QUAN DOI NHAN DAN

-- A total of 101 people have been killed in floods in central provinces in the past two weeks.

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SAIGON GIAI PHONG

-- Vietnam's retail market, rising 20 percent a year, is forecast to reach $45.2 billion in revenues this year and $53 billion in 2010, property services firm CB Richard Ellis said.

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TUOI TRE

-- Ho Chi Minh City needs about $30 billion to deal with traffic jams, including $6 billion to build six underground train routes, said Pham Phuong Thao, chairwoman of the municipal People's Council.

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THANH NIEN

-- Bird flu has recurred at a small duck farm in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, taking the number of provinces having detected outbreaks since early October to six, the Animal Health Department said.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- Petrovietnam Insurance Corp <PVI.HN> has established a finance company, contributing 65 percent to its registered capital of 300 billion dong ($18.6 million). Russia-Vietnam oil and gas firm Vietsovpetro has 20 percent and real estate investors in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have 15 percent.

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