A ceremony to hand over the prize to the Russian experts was held at the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow on Mar. 21.
Thedecoration was made in recognition of their contributions to thescientific and technological project to discover and effectively exploitoil from the Cuu Long basin in the Vietnamese continental shelf.
Two of the Russian experts were posthumously conferred with the prize.
Addressingthe ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Pham Xuan Son and GeneralDirector of the Vietnam oil and gas group PetroVietnam praisedcontributions of the Russian experts to the cause of the development ofthe education, oil and gas sectors of Vietnam .
They expressedhope that the traditional and comprehensive cooperation and strategicpartnership, including the oil and gas sector, will be further enhanced.-VNA