(VOVworld) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Pham Xuan Son and Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Board of the Russian-based Gazprom global energy group, discussed this week the possibility of Gazprom providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Vietnam. According to an announcement released yesterday by the group, the two sides discussed cooperation mechanisms between Russia and Vietnam in the field of gas and oil, specifically issues related to cooperation in hydrocarbon exploitation and the development of Vietnam’s gasoline market serving automobiles. Gazprom and its Vietnamese partners have signed cooperation agreements on oil refining projects and a product sharing scheme.