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Total revenue of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) in the first seven months of the year is estimated to fall 4 percent year-on-year due to an oil price decrease of around 8.8 USD per barrel.

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and India during the first half of the year hit nearly 2.6 billion USD, up 40.3 percent year-on-year and the highest ever recorded.

Many important results have been reached at the 15th meeting of the Vietnam–India Joint Commission, said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in a recent interview with the VNA.

Leaders of the southern central coastal province of Phu Yen on June 11 had a working session with a delegation from the State Science and Technology Committee and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus to discuss cooperation in fertiliser production and other fields.

Vietnam and Cuba need to continue maintaining, preserving and promoting their time-honoured traditional friendship and solidarity, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has said.

Ho Chi Minh City will do its utmost to strengthen and consolidate the relationship between Vietnam and Cuba.
 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung joined crowds of international guests to attend the cremation ceremony for late Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh capital city, Cambodia on February 4.

Six provinces in the Central Highlands and coastal regions on Dec. 10 signed an agreement on socio-economic development in the period 2012 - 2020.

President Sang had a busy day in Brunei on Nov 28, visiting the Brunei Shell Oil and Gas Company, attending a business forum between the two countries and meeting with Vietnamese community members and embassy staff in the country.

Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and Indonesian Minister of Trade Giata Irawan Wirjawan have co-cahired the sixth meeting of the Vietnam-Indonesia Joint Commission on Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 17-18.

Vietnam and Cambodia have exchanged delegations at all levels to share legislative and inspection experiences as well as supported each other at multilateral forums, noted National Assembly Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son.

President Truong Tan Sang gave separate receptions in Hanoi on August 15 for new ambassadors of Singapore, the Gabonese Republic, Sierra Leon, Micronesia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan who presented him their credentials.

President Truong Tan Sang will pay an official visit to Russia from July 26-30 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Consultancy on Development Institute (CODE) has announced a study named, “Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Vietnam 's Ability to Participate in the Initiative”.

Azerbaijan attaches importance to strengthening the traditional friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.

Vietnam and Venezuela have agreed to boost cooperation and increase solidarity and mutual understanding between the two legislative.

Senior officials of Thailand and Cambodia have resumed talks on and oil and gas exploitation project in the Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Thailand Gulf, which has been stalled since 2001.

Cuba is planning to increase its pumped oil output from 21 million to 28 million barrels a year and start oil and gas exploitation in its exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico.