Vietnam’s PV OIL holds 20 percent of petroleum retail in Laos
Vietnam’s PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PV OIL), is running profitably in Laos, earning an average revenue of over 100 million USD and contributing over 20 million USD to Laos’s budget a year.
A PV Oil warehouse in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi(VNA) – Vietnam’s PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PV OIL), is running profitablyin Laos, earning an average revenue of over 100 million USD and contributingover 20 million USD to the host country's budget a year.
According to Nguyen Kim Son, Director of PV OIL Laos, the company made itspresence in 16 out of Laos’s 18 provinces that allowed it to account for 20percent of petroleum retail share and become the second largest petroleumretailer in Laos.
From an initial investment of 4 million USD, the company gained a profit of 12million USD a year after seven years of operation. It is providing jobs foraround 2,000 Lao people at its petrol stations nationwide.
PV OIL Laos officially operated from December 1, 2010, on the foundation of Laos’sretail unit of Royal Dutch Shell.
Its initial 70 petrol stations have so far been increased to 104 across Laos.-VNA
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A PV Oil warehouse in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) 
