With the oil price falling to $30-35 per barrel, the national oil and gas corporation PetroVietnam will lose $3 billion in revenue in 2020.

The Security Investigation Agency has proposed prosecuting Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of PetroVietnam on charges of violating regulations on construction works, causing serious consequences at the Petrochemical and Bio-Fuel JSC.

The Government will establish a market for mechanic firms to develop, including facilitating the sector to seek for domestic and overseas markets for the country’s oil and gas engineering sector’s products.

With the support of the two governments, Vietnam’s oil and gas industry is expected to continue developing strongly.

Experts believe that the opening of the petroleum distribution market at a certain level will help the market operate better.

The Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) earned revenue of more than VND736 trillion (US$31.7 billion) in 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 17 per cent.

Saibu Gas of Japan reached an agreement to obtain a 21-percent stake in the PetroVietnam Low Pressure Gas Distribution JSC (PVGD) – a subsidiary of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam).

Vietnam is forecast to add two more jack-up rigs, as demand for oil exploration and production continues to rise.

Total revenue of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) reached VNĐ627.74 trillion (US$27 billion) in the first 10 months of this year, 10.4...

The Vietnam Report JSC and online newspaper VietNamNet held a ceremony in Hanoi on November 6 to announce the Profit500 2019 list.

State-run Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will be the investor of the projects which are expected to be kicked off in early 2021.

Reporting 50.6 trillion VND (2.17 billion USD) in before-tax profit in 2018, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has become the most profitable corporation in the country.

Fitch Ratings has assigned the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group's (PetroVietnam) first-time long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at 'BB' with a positive outlook.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) is seeking permission to restart work on the Thai Binh 2 Thermal Power Plant which was suspended following the arrest of related officials for wrongdoings.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) has said that it has agreed to open a 2 billion USD credit line to Vietnam’s PetroVietnam in a bid to help more Korean companies venture into the fast-growing economy.

Not much work has been done to prepare for the opening of the competitive retail market, slated for 2021. Under the PM Decision released in October 2013, the competitive electricity market will take shape in a 3-stage roadmap.

Many thermopower and cement plants in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh do not have enough coal to operate.

The national oil and gas group PetroVietnam is taking necessary steps to recover the investment capital in unprofitable projects overseas, estimated at $800 million.

The police earlier this year initiated an investigation into a loss-making oil exploration project in Venezuela, which was carried out by PVEP from 2010 when Son was PVEP`s CEO.

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