WNAM REPORT: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received General Director Kudryashov Sergei Ivanovich of Russian oil and gas company Zarubezhneft in Kazan on October 23 (local time) as part of his working trip to Russia to attend the expanded BRICS Summit.
At the reception, Chinh affirmed that oil, gas and energy cooperation is a symbol of close and effective collaboration between the two countries, contributing positively to the development of each country.
Informing the Vietnamese leader about the results of cooperation between the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and Zarubezhneft, the company leader thanked the Government of Vietnam and the PM for their support to the cooperation.
He said that after his meeting with the PM in Hanoi in April, several difficulties and obstacles in the cooperation activities between the two sides have been removed.
He said he hopes that the Vietnamese Government and PM Chinh will continue to assist the two companies in expanding their joint work on the basis of mutual benefit.
Applauding the two firms’ cooperation results over the past 40 years, Chinh emphasised that the Vietnamese Government always supports businesses of both countries to expand cooperation, in accordance with the laws of their respectivve countries, the Vietnam – Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the interests of the Vietnamese and Russia people.
He expected that the two sides will promote cooperation in new fields including tourism, green energy, clean energy, construction and development of infrastructure serving oil and gas cooperation.
