PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - July 15

HANOI, July 15 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

FINANCIAL NEWS:

THANH NIEN

-- Sakura Securities, capitalised at 41 billion dong ($2.3 million) and 49 percent owned by investors in Hong Kong and Japan, became the 97th member of the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange .VNI on Tuesday.

LAO DONG

-- Petrovietnam Insurance Corp PVI.HN said its gross profit reached 132 billion dong ($7.4 million) as of July 15, or 60 percent of the annual target.

THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM

-- Saigon Brewery Co said it was planning to seek shareholders' approval for a plan to list shares on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange in the fourth quarter of this year.

DAU TU CHUNG KHOAN