Vietnam News Agency, PetroVietnam sign agreement

The State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) signed a cooperation agreement in Hanoi on May 23.
Vietnam News Agency, PetroVietnam sign agreement ảnh 1At the signing ceremony (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA)and Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) signed a cooperationagreement in Hanoi on May 23.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, VNA General DirectorNguyen Duc Loi lauded PetroVietnam as one of the pillar groups of theVietnamese economy, contributing to the State budget and ensuring nationalenergy security.

PetroVietnam also makes important contributions to maintainingnational defence-security and safeguarding sea and island sovereignty, he said.

The VNA General Director said as a supplier of source news,VNA is providing accurate, objective, reliable and latest news to domestic andforeign press outlets.

He said VNA also provides important publications such asreference news and special reference news for agencies, adding that VNA is now astrong national news agency in Southeast Asia and is striving to become amultimedia corporation with various news forms.

On the occasion, he asked PetroVietnam to actively provideVNA with official and latest news, especially those regarding sensitive issuesso that the outlet could disseminate, orient public opinions and rejectwrongful information.

PetroVietnam Chairman Tran Sy Thanh said PetroVietnam alwaysreceives support from press agencies, especially VNA – a national press agencywith prestige at home and abroad and a contingent of reporters across 63 citiesand provinces nationwide and 30 bureaus abroad.

He said PetroVietnam workers are drilling oil day and nightat sea and fulfilling the noble task of affirming national sovereignty. Despiterecent difficulties, it remains one of the corporations that contribute most tothe State budget and economic growth.

Thanh added that partnership with VNA will strengthen publictrust in State-owned enterprises, contributing to improving informationtransparency and public supervision on businesses, as well as popularising theimage and stature of PetroVietnam for national development.-VNA
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