Vietnam

Vietnamese joint venture Nghi Son Refinery & Petrochemical has started offering bidding documents for the contract to build the country's second refinery.

The Vietnamese government has cut oil product import tariffs for the fourth time in a year, helping the bottom line of domestic marketers operating in a gradually liberalising downstream... 2010-01-28

The Vietnamese government has earmarked Petrolimex, the largest national fuel distributor, for sale as part of its renewed privatisation drive.

British Explorer Serica Energy has agreed to divest some of its South East Asian assets to fund a drilling campaign in the UK and Indonesia. Under the terms of the deal announced... 2009-12-07

South Korea's SK Energy has made an oil discovery at Block 15-1/05 offshore Vietnam, according to the Vietnamese government cited by Asia Pulse.

State-owned PetroVietnam is planning to build a US$1bn gas pipeline in southern Vietnam, according to local media sources cited by Bloomberg.

UK independent Premier Oil has hit a 90 metre (m) hydrocarbon column with its Ca Rong Do (Red Emperor) exploration well in Vietnam's Nam Con Son Basin.