PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - July 4

HANOI, July 4 (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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-- England's WPP Group has become a strategic shareholders of Dat Viet VAC Group Holding after acquiring a 30 percent stake.

-- Denmark's BankInvest invested $9.6 million in the International Consumer Products Corporation, a leading consumer goods producer in Vietnam.

-- Partly private Eximbank said local businesses recently showed increasing interest in exchange rate risk insurance under the pressure of dong depreciation.

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