IN HANOI, GIVEN VLADIMIR POUTINE A OF THE DECORATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN
STATE








HANOI, March 1.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Marianna Chatikhina).
Vladimir Poutine gave of the decorations of the Russian State has a
group of Russian leaders and employes and Vietnamese of the companies
" Vietsovpetro ", " Petrovietnam " and company " Zaroubejneft ".

The effective work of the company " Vietsovpetro " " is a good example
for other branches of the economy ", A declares the president Russian
has the ceremony of decoration.  Fondee there is nearly twenty years,
the mixed company " Vietsovpetro " became not only one of the leaders
of the economy Vietnamese, but also one of the most effective
companies petrolieres of the world.

" Vietsovpetro " is " the pivot of the economic interaction between
Vietnam and Russia ", A declares the head of the Russian State.  It
is, above all, the result of judicious management and work qualified
and full with abnegation of the workers.

This year, " Vietsovpetro " will produce the centmillionieme ton of
oil.  The incomes of this company ensure approximately 20 % of the
receipts in currencies of the Vietnamese budget and 0,5 million
dollars of the Russian budget.

The activity of companies like " Petrovietnam " and " Zaroubejneft "
cree a good base for the progression of the interests of Russia and
Vietnam in the Asia-Pacific.

Vladimir Poutine A also mentions a new Russo-Vietnamese project:  the
oil refinery " Vietros ", whose output prevu will be 6,5 million tons
of oil per annum.  When this company is built, the sector petrolier of
Vietnam will work according to the cycle integral:  extraction with
the refining and has the oil sale.  The companies Russo-Vietnameses of
this kind symbolize the friendship between the people of the two
countries, A declares the president Russian.