PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - December 28

HANOI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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VIETNAM NEWS

-- Vietnam would receive 4.2 million tourists this year, a rise of 17 percent from last year, a tourism official said.

-- State oil group Petrovietnam has signed a $270 million credit agreement with BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), ANZ (ANZ.AX), Natixis (CNAT.PA) and Petrovietnam Finance Corporation to help build the 450-megawatt Nhon Trach Power Plant 1 in the southern province of Dong Nai.

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HANOI MOI

-- The Vietnam Railways Corporation estimated revenues this year would rise 11 percent to 6 trillion dong ($372 million).

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