PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - Aug 5

HANOI, Aug 5 (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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FINANCIAL NEWS:

TUOI TRE

-- Partly private Eximbank said it cut rates on corporate dollar loans by between 0.15-0.45 percentage point from Tuesday.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- Overseas remittances in the first half of 2008 reached nearly $3.5 billion and are expected to rise to $8 billion by the end of the year, 60 percent up from last year, said Nguyen Ngoc Lan, deputy head of the State Bank of Vietnam's Foreign Exchange Management Department.

-- The State Securities Commission has licensed the operation of Viet Tien Fund Management Joint Stock Co.