29 Dec 2010
Source: reuters // Reuters
HANOI, Dec 29 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:
VIETNAM NEWS
-- Vietnamese retailers are losing out to foreign competitors in the race to expand their share of the lucrative retail market that is growing at 25 percent annually, industry insiders said.
NHAN DAN
-- Vietnam aims to nearly double per capita income to $2,000 by 2015 from $1,160 this year and push the country's economic growth forward to between 7 percent and 7.5 percent for the 2011-2015 period, from an average 7 percent in the five years ending 2010, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.
LAO DONG
-- Twelve sailors were missing after the Vietnamese ship Van Don 02 sank some 60 nautical miles off the southern province of Kien Giang on Tuesday. The ship was en route to Vietnam from Malaysia carrying steel billets.
TUOI TRE
-- Vietnam aims to stop exporting raw minerals as the returns are low, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.
-- Traffic accidents killed more than 11,000 people in Vietnam and injured 10,500 others this year, said the National Traffic Safety Committee.
THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM
-- The government said it has approved a plan to equitise nine subsidiaries of Song Da group, one of Vietnam's largest state-owned builders, in 2011-2012. (Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
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