Deputy PM urges Thai group to accelerate pace of refinery project
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung hailed the effective operation in Vietnam of the Thai group SCG at a reception for SCG’s President and CEO Roongrote Rangsiyopash in Hanoi on October 24.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung (right) and SCG’s President and CEO Roongrote Rangsiyopash (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung hailedthe effective operation in Vietnam of the Thai group SCG at a reception for SCG’sPresident and CEO Roongrote Rangsiyopash in Hanoi onOctober 24.
The Deputy PM particularly praised the group’s efforts in ensuring theprogress of the Southern Oil Refinery Complex.
Dung said the refinery project is expected to assist greatly with thedevelopment of related industries in Vietnam. Therefore, he urged the SCG tocontinue pushing forward with the construction of the project and keeping strictquality control while adhering to Vietnam’s laws on safety and environmentalprotection.
He said the SCG’s effective operation in Vietnam has contributed greatlyto Vietnam’s socio-economic development, job generation and social welfare,thus becoming a symbol of the Vietnam-Thailand strategic partnership in thefields of economy, trade and investment.
The SCG leader thanked the Vietnamese government, ministries and localadministrations for facilitating the group’s investment activities.
He affirmed that his group wants to expand its operation in Vietnam,noting that SCG is running 16 member companies, three representative officesand two joint ventures in Vietnam.
He reported that the group has implemented about 24 percent of theworkload of the 3.7-billion USD Southern Oil Refinery Complex, which is 2percent behind schedule.
He pledged that SCG will take measures to ensure the desired pacetowards the goal of putting the complex into operation at the end of 2022.
According to Roongrote Rangsiyopash, the group iscompleting procedures to raise investment in the complex to 5.2 billion USD./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung (right) and SCG’s President and CEO Roongrote Rangsiyopash (Photo: VNA) 
