The BK-23 rig, located at the Bach Ho field on Vietnam’s continental shelf, about 145km southeast of Vung Tau ciy, is an unmanned platform designed by Vietsovpetro's Science Research and Engineering Institute.

Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has published an article on the occasion of the Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro celebrating its 40th founding anniversary and 35 years since it began oil and gas exploitation, praising the firm's significant contributions to the nations’ comprehensive strategic partnership.

The Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro has announced that oil and gas exploitation reached 2.1 million tonnes in the first eight months of this year, 7.3 percent higher than the target.

The Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture (Vietsovpetro) has successfully launched the base of the BK-21 oil rig at Bach Ho field.

The Vietnam - Russia oil and gas joint venture (Vietsovpetro) has welcomed the first flow of commercial oil from the BK-20 rig belonging to the Bach Ho field.

The Vietnam-Russia Oil and Gas Joint Venture Vietsovpetro has pumped up more than 230 million tonnes of crude oil and provided 34 billion cubic metres of associated gas since its exploitation of the first tonnes of the resource in Vietnam in June 1986.