HANOI, Dec 7 (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.

FINANCIAL NEWS:

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-- A total of 25 listed property companies made a combined net profit of about 122 billion dong ($5.85 million) in the third quarter ended September, a plunge of 68 percent from a year ago, an FPT Securities survey found.

LAO DONG

-- The Myanmar government has allowed Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co to invest $300 million in a real estate project in the country, the company said.

-- The state-run Vietnam Steel Corporation said it was seeking approval from shareholders to issue corporate bonds for 1 trillion dong ($48 million) to raise funds for investment projects.

ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:

VIETNAM NEWS (vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn)

-- UNESCO has recognised the unique custom of worshipping Vietnam's Hung Kings as an intangible piece of the cultural heritage of humanity, a Vietnamese official at the UN organisation said.

SAIGON GIAI PHONG

-- Ho Chi Minh City police said they detained 52 people of Chinese and Taiwanese origin on Thursday at two villas in the city on charge of committing frauds using the Internet and telephones.

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-- State oil and gas group Petrovietnam said it produced an estimated 2.3 million tonnes of oil equivalent in November, bringing the January-November output to 23.75 million tonnes, up 10.1 percent from a year ago.

(Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom; Editing by Anupama Dwivedi) Keywords: PRESS DIGEST VIETNAM/

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