(PetroTimes) – It is necessary to build the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group to be a powerful and effective economic group, a key enterprise in ensuring national energy security, effectively and efficiently contributing to the public cause. Industrialization and modernization of the country, building an independent and self-reliant economy associated with active, proactive international integration… is one of the tasks and goals set by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. set out for the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) at the meeting with the Group on the morning of September 11th.

Attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai and leaders of central ministries and branches.

On the side of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam), there was the Chairman of the Board of Directors Hoang Quoc Vuong, General Director Le Manh Hung, comrades in the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, the Members’ Council, the Board of General Directors, and heads of specialized committees/Group office, leaders of socio-political organizations of the Group, leaders of member units of the Group.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits and works at Petrovietnam

The working session was held in the form of a live online combination with the participation of workers at bridge points at member units, oil and gas projects, and offshore drilling rigs off the coast of Vietnam and Russia.

Working session of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with Petrovietnam

Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that in the world, strategic competition, and inflationary recession exist in all countries, so we must unite and unify. , “holding hands” to overcome difficulties. After more than 2 years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the whole country faced difficulties and sacrifices, including the oil and gas industry. However, looking back at the 47 years of establishment of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, after 35 renovations, the country has had many developments, including the important contribution of the industry. The Prime Minister stated that, despite the difficult world context, we still ensure macroeconomic stability, control inflation, and ensure major balances, including the Group’s contribution to the role. The role is “Energy for development”.

On behalf of the Government, the Prime Minister praised and highly appreciated these achievements of the oil and gas industry, making an important contribution to the socio-economic development of the country. According to the Prime Minister, the Group has a great role in the development of the country, using high technology, conducting scientific research, processing, supplying, trading, and distributing.

Emphasizing the need to continue to maintain solidarity, unity, and “holding hands together” to overcome difficulties, the Prime Minister asked delegates attending the meeting to focus on assessing the world energy situation, project reports on the upcoming situation, and determine the role, tasks, and solutions of the Group to do for the country at this time by the spirit of “energy for the development”, contributing to building an independent economy, self-reliance is associated with proactive and active international integration, extensive, substantive, effective, firmly defending independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, implementing a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, sovereignty, diversify, multilateralism, be a good friend, a reliable partner, a responsible member of the international community…

Petrovietnam General Director Le Manh Hung reports to the Prime Minister’s Delegation on Petro VietNam’s business and production activities

At the meeting, on behalf of the Group’s leaders, General Director Le Manh Hung reported to the Prime Minister and the Delegation: In the past time, the Group has strictly implemented the guidelines, policies, and laws of the Party. , State on socio-economic development, … with the motto of action: “Manage changes, anticipate trends, connect resources, promote technology, promote investment, sustainable development” to lead and direct the key tasks throughout the Group. The Group’s management of volatility is of particular interest, specifically: (i) Actively closely monitoring macroeconomic fluctuations, directing and operating from the Government, market developments, and setting goals. objectives and solutions for each field, in line with oil price movements, supply and demand of crude oil, gas, refined petroleum products, and petrochemicals from time to time to make timely decisions in management; (ii) Focus on removing investment bottlenecks, determined to handle difficult projects with results, initially achieved positive results; especially in key projects that have received direct instructions from the Party and State, so far, positive results have been achieved; (iii) Improving competitiveness and responding to the speed of energy transition, the Group focuses on research projects and investment opportunities that are advantages of Petrovietnam in the fields of processing and petrochemicals. , chemicals and renewable energy; (iv) Digital transformation has been widely deployed, towards the effective application of advanced management forms of the enterprise human resource management (ERP) system, focusing on risk management in the enterprise. production – business (production and business).

The Group continues to affirm its pivotal role in Vietnam’s economy, making an important contribution to ensuring: energy security, food security, economic security, national sovereignty and security, and making important contributions. for the State Budget: in 2021, the Group’s total state budget payment will reach 112.5 trillion VND, exceeding 80% of the year plan and increasing by 36% over the same period; In the first 8 months of 2022, the Group’s total state budget payment reached 90.6 trillion dong, exceeding 40% of the 2022 plan and increasing by 45% over the same period (6 months ahead of the 2022 plan).

The Group’s production and business activities in the first 8 months of the year continued to be stable: The management of mining output was applied synchronously, effectively, and promptly with technical solutions/measures to increase output. , maintaining the rate of exploitation with a high time factor with crude oil exploitation results exceeding 23% of the 8-month plan and equaling 84% of the 2022 plan, equal to the performance of the same period. Production and supply to the domestic market of 1.22 million tons of urea, exceeding 10% of the 8-month plan and equal to 72% of the year plan, up 9% over the same period. Producing 4.56 million tons of petroleum (excluding Nghi Son Refining and Petrochemical Company), exceeding 8% of the 8-month plan and equaling 74% of the year plan, up 5% over the same period, meeting the demand domestic.

Comrade Le Minh Khai, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister spoke at the meeting

After listening to the representatives of the leaders of the units to report on the operation situation, production and business results … and make suggestions and recommendations to remove obstacles and difficulties, and ensure the operational efficiency of the business. In the coming time, representatives of leaders of central ministries and branches highly appreciated Petrovietnam’s position, role and contribution during its 47-year history of construction and development, especially since 2020 is back. Petrovietnam not only makes a great contribution to the state budget but also plays a pivotal role in ensuring energy security, food security and national sovereignty over sea and islands. In any situation, the collective leadership, oil and gas workers always show a sense of responsibility, high determination, promote the tradition, bravery and wisdom of the fire seeker to carry out and complete the task. perform well the tasks assigned by the Party and Government.

With such recognition and assessment, representatives of leaders of ministries and branches affirmed that in the coming time, they will work with Petrovietnam to focus on solving difficulties and obstacles so that the Group has the best conditions to develop, continue maintain its position as the pillar and core of the economy.

Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assessed that in the past time, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group has experienced ups and downs and breakthroughs, but in general, achievements and results are more than limitations and shortcomings. . In more than 2 years 2020, 2021 and the first 8 months of 2022, with the spirit of determination, solidarity and consensus, the Group has strived to achieve the set goals and requirements.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh: The primary goal and highest responsibility is to ensure that the Group does not have a shortage of energy, especially petroleum, for the purpose of building and defending the Fatherland, in the spirit of “energy for development”

The Prime Minister stated a number of experiences drawn from the Group’s activities:

Firstly, the more difficulties and challenges, the heavier the task, the more solidarity, consensus, dynamism, creativity, dare to think, dare to do, dare to break through, for the common cause, for the national interest. , nation.

Secondly, we must firmly grasp the situation, stick to reality, come from reality, respect reality, and take practice as a measure to have scientific thinking, methodology, and approach to solving problems. reasonably effective.

Third, cadres continue to be the decisive factor, so building, taking care of, and developing cadres at all levels is a top task.

Fourthly, reward, motivate, and handle timely, right people and right jobs those individuals and groups with achievements and mistakes.

Fifth, a harmonious, reasonable, and effective combination of internal and external resources, in which internal resources (including people, mechanisms, policies, and assigned assets…) are fundamental, strategic, and long-term. Long-term, decisive, external resources (such as capital, science, technology, management experience, and human resource training…) are important and breakthrough.

Sixth, proactively decentralize, decentralize, and personalize individual responsibilities.

In the coming time, the world, the region, and the country will continue to have opportunities and advantages, mixed with difficulties and challenges, but difficulties and challenges will outweigh opportunities and advantages, the Prime Minister said. is with the oil and gas industry in the context of the world energy market with many fluctuations.

The Prime Minister emphasized the viewpoint and guiding ideology that is to combine harmoniously, rationally, and effectively economic development with national defense and security assurance, and to protect independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and stability. politics, economic security, and social order and safety, promotion of foreign affairs and integration; Harmonious, reasonable, and effective combination of inheritance, stability, innovation, and development; To develop quickly but sustainably, harmoniously, reasonably, and effectively between research, exploration, exploitation of oil and gas and processing and production of petroleum products, chemicals, fibers…

Agreeing with the objectives and tasks identified by the Group, the Prime Minister requested in the context of many difficulties and challenges due to increasingly fierce strategic competition, and complicated and unpredictable developments, There is no precedent, the trend of the energy transition, mechanisms, and policies are still limited, the market is affected. effectively use resources, be proactive, flexible, creative, and effective in performing assigned tasks.

The Prime Minister further emphasized the common goals and tasks, in which, the most important goal and task is that the Group does not run short of energy, especially petroleum, for the cause of national construction and defense. by the spirit of “energy for the development”. Currently, the Group is meeting 75% of the domestic petroleum demand.

The second common goal and task are to build the Oil and Gas Group to be a powerful and efficient economic group, a key enterprise in ensuring national energy security and effectively and efficiently contribute to the development of the country’s economy. industrialization and modernization of the country, building an independent and self-reliant economy associated with active, proactive international integration that is substantive, extensive and effective, technological innovation, especially technology advanced, digital transformation, diversification of supply chains in production and business, response to climate change, energy transformation, green transformation, contributing to ensuring social security.

Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Board of Members of Petrovietnam delivered a speech to receive the Prime Minister’s direction.

Regarding specific tasks, the Prime Minister stated that, first of all, it is necessary to attach importance to and promote the building of a clean and strong Party, with a streamlined apparatus, effective and efficient operation, restructuring, and quality improvement. staff, officials, and employees. The human factor and staff are the decisive factors, so this is the most important specific task.

Along with that, must be determined, to focus on solving the problems that have been outstanding for many years, because the longer it lasts, the more wasteful and difficult it becomes. Recently, several issues related to the Thai Binh 2 thermal power plant, Song Hau 1 thermal power plant, etc. have been effectively resolved. Currently, the relevant agencies and units are continuing to solve some related problems. other project.

The next specific task is to contribute to the development of institutions, mechanisms, and policies in line with the Group’s national energy assurance mission and tasks, following the circumstances and conditions of the country and the specific situation. contribute to the prevention of corruption, negativity, and wastefulness, including the amendment of the Petroleum Law, and a preliminary review of the seven-year implementation of Resolution No. 41-NQ/TW in 2015 on strategic orientations for the development of the oil industry. Vietnam gas to 2025 and vision to 2035…

The Prime Minister said that a strong and important national enterprise cannot help but promote development investment, but must ensure the right direction, and efficiency, and restructure production and business by the situation and tasks. service. The investment must have a focus, focus, not spread, fragment, divide, and cause waste.

The Prime Minister requested a harmonious, reasonable, and effective combination between oil and gas exploration and production with the protection of national interests, independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, especially at sea; Be more active in the production of equipment for the Group’s activities; Ensuring confidentiality and economic security by law.

In the situation of fluctuating, heavy, difficult, and complicated tasks, it is necessary to choose the key and key work, do what to finish it, ensure efficiency, and create inspiration, motivation, and conditions for success. continue to do other work.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the Group has determined and must be more determined has made efforts and must make more efforts, and has tried and must try harder, especially in the innovation of thinking and methodology. appropriate approach and handling of issues in business restructuring and energy industry development, including renewable energy, digital transformation, and supply chain diversification.

Another task is to promote international cooperation, be persistent and steadfast on principled issues, but be flexible, creative, and artistic in the implementation of specific tasks and solutions.

The head of the Government requested the ministries and sectors to closely and effectively coordinate with each other and with the Group in handling the work. In the case of assigned tasks, functions, and powers, or beyond their competence, they shall report them to competent authorities for consideration and decision. For their part, the Government and the Prime Minister always stand by, listen, and support the Group’s development.

The Prime Minister agreed with the recommendations of the Group, many of which are being processed. The Prime Minister assigned the Deputy Prime Ministers, ministries, and branches to implement specific tasks. progress, make it final, effective, and substantive after the meeting. The Prime Minister continued to assign specific tasks to ministries and branches to deal with the remaining recommendations of the Group, and urgently submit them to competent authorities for consideration and decision, creating the best conditions for the Group’s development.

In particular, the Prime Minister assigned agencies to urgently organize an appraisal of the adjustment of investment policy in the Dung Quat Oil Refinery Upgrade and Expansion Project under the law, and submit it to competent authorities for consideration. , decided in September 2022.

Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong on behalf of the group’s leaders and employees received souvenirs from Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh

On behalf of the collective leadership, oil and gas workers, Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong – Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Members of Petrovietnam expressed his emotion and concern for the Government leaders and the Prime Minister. government to the Group. This is a great encouragement to employees of the whole Group.

Receiving the direction of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the meeting, Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong stated: In addition to the achieved results, the Prime Minister emphasized 6 lessons learned and 9 major tasks. , assigned Petrovietnam to better perform production and business tasks, and contribute more to the socio-economic development and national security and defense. Specifically, it is to do well the assessment and forecast of the world and domestic energy markets so that on that basis, to clearly define the position and role of Petrovietnam in ensuring energy security for the development of the country. ; building an independent and self-reliant economy in the context of international economic integration. Petrovietnam needs to step up the search, exploration, and increase of oil and gas reserves, especially in the current period when the energy market is volatile.

The next task is to promote the development and improve the capacity to perform offshore technical services to serve the energy transition, for the development of the renewable energy industry. The second is to focus on solving outstanding problems, new big problems arise; promote investment and development with focus and focus, ensuring efficiency.

With the attention, support, leadership, and direction of the Party, the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries, and central agencies, Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong affirmed and expressed his belief that Petrovietnam will implement and complete it. Good at the assigned tasks.

Prime Minister and leaders of ministries and branches take souvenir photos with Petro VietNam’s leaders