Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung speaks at the PVN conference in Hanoi on January 6, 2020. (Photo: VNA)

Mr. Dung requires PVN to become an important technical and economic sector,performing the task of exploration, exploitation, transportation, processing, storage and distribution of oil and gas. 

“We need to ensure safe, stable and efficient operation of oil and gas projects, striving to achieve higher results than 2019, especially for petrochemical refining projects. It is important to enhance oil and gas exploration and exploitation, strongly develop the gas industry, and accelerate key projects to ensure oil and gas, and electricity supply for the country,” he said.