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PM confers noblest decoration on PetroVietnam

VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng yesterday awarded the Việt Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) with a Golden Star Medal, the highest decoration of Việt Nam for great contributions to the national development over the past 50 years.

June 14, 2010 11:34 AM GMT+7

PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng awards Petrovietnam with a Golden Star Medal, Hà Nội, June 14, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc

PM Dũng also applauded the staff of PetroVietnam for their efforts to fruitfully fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party and Government.

The Government chief hoped that the group would take full advantage of capital investment, perfect infrastructure and human resources, diversify fields of business, actively integrate into the world economy, and speed up scientific and technological applications. 

PetroVietnam has become one of the leading State-owned enterprises, grasped advanced technology and penetrated into foreign countries with US $110 billion of turnover each year, which accounts for 18-20% of the national GDP. Its export volume is equivalent to 15% of the country’s total while the group contributes 28–30% of the State budget./.

By Kim Anh