Oil and gas group commits to: Ensuring progress and effectiveness of signed programs
At the conference to review 5 years of implementing the investment cooperation program between Nghe An province and Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group held on June 24, 2011 in Hanoi, Nghe An Newspaper reporter had an interview with Mr. Vu Quang Nam - Deputy General Director of the Group about the results and prospects of investment cooperation of Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group in Nghe An.
At the conference to review 5 years of implementing the investment cooperation program between Nghe An province and Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group held on June 24, 2011 in Hanoi, Nghe An Newspaper reporter had an interview with Mr. Vu Quang Nam - Deputy General Director of the Group about the results and prospects of investment cooperation of Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group in Nghe An.
PV: Can you tell us about the results of the investment cooperation agreement between Nghe An and the Group in the past 5 years?
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Although the cooperation period is not long, it has achieved some initial results that are very exciting and groundbreaking. Up to now, there are 4 companies, 3 branches and 1 subsidiary of the Group's member units operating in the area. The system of trading in petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas and fertilizer has been invested and maintained annual growth with many agents and stores, actively contributing to the socio-economic development of Nghe An province.
Up to this point, if including the 3 units that the Group has received from the province as member units, the number of projects invested by the Group's member units in the province is 19 projects, with a total capital of over 14.55 trillion VND. Of which, 3 projects have been completed and put into operation, 8 projects are being implemented according to the set schedule and 8 projects are in the investment preparation stage.
One thing we have noted is that the leaders of Nghe An province and related departments, branches, sectors and localities are very willing to cooperate with the Group in the investment implementation process. Regularly meeting, exchanging, coordinating, resolving difficulties and obstacles, has created motivation and confidence for businesses investing in Nghe An province. The results of investment cooperation over the past 5 years are the basis for the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group to consider Nghe An as one of the key investment destinations in the coming time.
PV: It is known that in recent times, in addition to investing in projects, the Group has actively focused on social security work. Can you elaborate on this issue?
Mr. Vu Quang Nam: That's right. Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group identifies Nghe An as a large but still poor province with a high rate of poor households, so the Group always cares, shoulderes, and shares social security responsibilities with the locality. From 2008 to now, the Group has built nearly 800 solidarity houses, supported the construction of 5 schools, and supported people to overcome damage caused by natural disasters and floods with a total cost of nearly 35 billion VND.
In 2011, the Group will complete 561 solidarity houses with the amount of 10 million VND/apartment, will build 2 more medical stations, each station costing about 5 billion VND, and 2 schools, each costing about 4 billion VND. If the Provincial People's Committee recommends to the Government that the Oil and Gas Group support hunger eradication and poverty reduction for about 2-3 poor and disadvantaged districts in the area, the Group will be willing to share more responsibility for social security work with the province.
PV: In the coming time, what projects will the Group focus on investing in Nghe An? And what are the Group's recommendations to the leaders of Nghe An province?
Mr. Vu Quang Nam: In the coming time, in addition to focusing on directing and urging member units to implement projects on schedule according to investment commitments, we will study to continue investing in a number of projects such as: investment projects in urban areas, industrial parks in the Southeast Economic Zone, Thanh Thuy border gate economic zone, investment in petroleum depots, expansion of the petroleum and liquefied gas trading network, investment in a number of factories such as: fertilizer factories, spinning factories...
To help the Group and its member units fulfill their investment commitments, the Group hopes to receive closer attention from the Provincial Party Committee and the People's Committee of Nghe An Province. Specifically, actively assist the Group in compensation and site clearance for projects such as the Hua Na Hydropower Plant Project; resolve administrative procedures quickly, save time, and ensure security and order so that projects can operate better.
At the same time, regularly provide information on the socio-economic development situation as well as the province's investment attraction and incentive policies to the Group; continue to introduce new investment fields and projects on the basis of exploiting the province's potential strengths, in accordance with the Group's capacity for investment cooperation./.
PV: Thank you!
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