On the afternoon of October 7th, Deputy Prime Minister Hồ Đức Phớc attended and delivered a speech at the signing ceremony of a credit agreement exceeding $1 billion for the development and exploitation of gas fields in Blocks B&48/95 and 52/97, along with the B-Ô Môn gas pipeline project. The agreement was signed between the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank).