Attending the conference were Mr. Nguyen Xuan Son, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Mr. Do Van Hau, President and CEO; several retired former leaders of the Group; members of the Board of Directors; Executive Management Board; Heads of Divisions, Office of the Group and leaders of some member units.

At the conference, on behalf of the Group, the Division of Overseas Project Management represented the draft Strategy including three main parts: oil & gas exploration and production investment abroad of the Group by the end of 2013 - results, shortcomings, causes and lessons; strategies for oil & gas exploration and production investment abroad to 2025 and orientation to 2035 - context, perspective, general objectives, specific objectives and deployment orientations, implementation plan, investment demand, cash flow, implementation solutions and Strategy implementation conditions as well as suggestions and recommendations.

At the conference, the participants agreed to evaluate that draft Strategy had been prepared meticulously to provide detailed, overall and visionary issues. Participants contributed many valuable ideas for the draft, including specific contribution for each section and also for the policy, orientation with a view to perfecting this important Strategy.

The participants paid special attention to the issue of mechanism, current problems and difficulties. Therefore, the Strategy for investment abroad must achieve high economic efficiency to convince the Government and the National Assembly to consider adjusting and creating favorable condition, mechanism and high initiative for the Group.

On behalf of the Group, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Son thanked the participants for their significant contribution and confirmed the Group had been acquiring the valuable comments to perfect the Strategy for investment abroad and integrate into the general development strategy of the oil and gas industry for submission to the Government.