PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - Aug 27

HANOI, Aug 27 (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.

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FINANCIAL NEWS:

THANH NIEN

-- The State Securities Commission has approved a plan by Mekong Delta-based Kien Long Bank to issue 42 million shares to existing shareholders and staff under a plan to boost the bank's capital base by 72 percent to 1 trillion dong ($61 million).

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- The government should review whether to raise the annual credit growth target to 35-40 percent to meet funding demands of the economy as inflation has been controlled, said Nguyen Thi Mui, a member of the National Advisory Council on Monetrary Policies.

-- Saigon Securities Incorporation SSI.HM said it made a net profit of 91.5 billion dong ($5.5 million) in July after losing 27.26 billion dong in the first six months of 2008 due to the depressed stock market.