PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - May 21

HANOI, May 21 (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:

TUOI TRE

-- The Finance Ministry has abolished the import tariff on clinker, from 10 percent previously.

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THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- The central bank has allowed Hanoi-based Techcombank to raise 5 trillion dong ($312 million) via the issue of bonds within 2008.

-- Military Bank has projected its total assets this year to grow 52 percent from 2007 and its gross profit to rise 21 percent to 735 billion dong ($45.8 million). The bank planned to maintain the overdue debt this year at less than 2 percent of loans and boost its registered capital to 3.4 trillion dong.