DR to explore the Orinoco?

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Vietnam government has offered to help the DR explore and exploit petroleum reserves in the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Listin Diario reports that Venezuela has offered PetroCaribe member nations the option to explore and exploit the basin. PetroVietnam Corporation president Tran Duc Chinh said that company would be willing to help the DR in the exploration process, adding that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and DR President Leonel Fernandez had made a cooperation agreement between REFIDOMSA and Petroleo de Venezuela for the eventual exploration of the Orinoco. Chinh will be in Caracas on 19 November to meet with Venezuelan energy officials and said he would use the opportunity to express his support for working with Dominicans. As reported in the Listin Diario, India Ambassador and Concurrent in Vietnam Hans Dannenberg said that the Vietnamese authorities are interested in signing a free trade agreement that would encourage Vietnamese investors to invest in the DR.

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