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APEA honors PV Drilling in the categories Corporate Excellence and Master Entrepreneur in Asia

The 2024 Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards (APEA) took place on October 3rd in Ho Chi Minh City, and Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) was honored in two categories of Corporate Excellence Award and Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong – President & CEO of PV Drilling received the Master Entrepreneur Award. 

 Founded in 2007, after 17 years of establishment and development, APEA is a prestigious award, attracting the participation of leading enterprises from 16 countries and territories throughout the Asia - Pacific region. In Vietnam, more than 300 enterprises, including leading enterprises in Vietnam, multinational enterprises with diverse industries and business fields, register to be reviewed for the award. 

In 2024, with the subject “Celebrating Inclusive Entrepreneurship”, APEA seeks and honors pioneering businesses and entrepreneurs in the cause of equal business opportunities, actualizes a diversified economy, sustainable development and harmonizes economic, social, and environmental goals. Surpassing notable and potential nominees, PV Drilling excellently received the Corporate Excellence Award and Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong – President & CEO of PV Drilling received the Master Entrepreneur Award. 

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2024 APEA Ceremony, Dr. Fong Chan Onn - Chairman of Enterprise Asia congratulated the award-winning organizations and individuals and emphasized that this is an important time to motivate businesses to create more comprehensive changes. He stated that, through programs to promote inclusive entrepreneurship, we can move towards a fairer society, increase employment opportunities for workers, and thereby build a more sustainable community. 

1. The Corporate Excellence Award is a significant award for businesses with stable financial performance and development over a long period of time, demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainable business activities, innovation in both operations and business strategy, creating a positive impact on employees, clientele and the community. 

Mr. Do Danh Rang - Vice President – representing PV Drilling to receive the Corporate Excellence Award 

PV Drilling, after 23 years of establishment and development, has demonstrated stable and solid development in production and business activities. From a mechanical workshop specializing in providing drilling equipment repair services and oil spill response with simple initial technical facilities and modest human and asset resources, PV Drilling has now become a pioneer drilling contractor in the field of oil and gas drilling with assets of approximately one billion USD, owning a modern drilling rig fleet, a workforce of nearly 2,000 highly skilled employees and professional working style along with a system of advanced technical machinery and equipment to perform diverse technical services, including high-tech services, creating a strong competitive position of an international drilling contractor, capable of providing full-package services to clients. Built on a solid foundation focusing on high-quality oil and gas technical services and focusing on building and applying a corporate governance system based on modern information technology, in accordance with international standards, meeting the requirements of rapid integration into the competitive environment with foreign contractors, PV Drilling has achieved impressive growth over many years, being considered one of the leading units with high production and business efficiency in the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group and among the top enterprises with the largest contributions to the state budget and the community. Thanks to the steadfastness in development strategy, professionalism, and pioneering in all activities along with strong financial potential, PV Drilling has been able to overcome many difficulties and challenges, ensuring uninterrupted business operations and maintaining stable growth, especially during the period when the global oil and gas drilling market has experienced many unpredictable fluctuations and the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, throughout 23 years of operation, PV Drilling has continuously innovated towards sustainable development, proactively applying advanced technical solutions and ESG (Environmental - Social - Governance) practices, an important factor in the journey of sustainable development. Along with that, PV Drilling also focuses on training and developing human resources, ensuring jobs and welfare policies for all employees and focusing on social security work, fulfilling the company's responsibility to the community. 

2. The Master Entrepreneur Award is an award given to business leaders with strategic vision, strong leadership, creating innovation and sustainable development for the business.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong – President & CEO of PV Drilling, with more than 31 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, has demonstrated his vision and excellent leadership by guiding PV Drilling to overcome many difficulties. 

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong – President & CEO of PV Drilling receiving the Master Entrepreneur Award 

Officially assuming the role of President & CEO of PV Drilling since 2019, during a challenging period for the oil and gas drilling industry, PV Drilling under the leadership of Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong has not only overcome the double crisis caused by the decline in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic but also developed and expanded its business operations to international markets, including markets with strict protectionism policies such as Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia to create stability and new development opportunities. Thanks to his leadership, PV Drilling has maintained safe and high-performance production and business operations, won many important contracts and maintained a stable growth rate. In addition to expanding PV Drilling’s business overseas, he also focused on developing human resources, implementing human resource localization, bringing Vietnamese engineers to hold key positions on drilling rigs, saving costs and improving service quality. In addition, as the top executive of the Corporation, he always attaches importance to promoting innovation, creativity, and application of advanced technology in the process of implementing oil and gas drilling services to minimize environmental impacts, increase operational efficiency and bring added value to clients, build a safe and creative working environment, promote PV Drilling’s culture in business philosophy and core values to help PV Drilling maintain its reputation and position as a leading drilling contractor in the domestic and international markets, aiming for sustainable development. 

PV Drilling received two prestigious awards at the 2024 APEA Awards Ceremony 

Toward the future: The awards received at the 2024 APEA are a testament to the continuous efforts of PV Drilling under the excellent leadership of the Corporation's Board of Leadership in building and developing the business. This will be the driving force for PV Drilling to continue to maintain and promote the achievements it has achieved, towards new milestones in the future. With a solid foundation, strategic vision and commitment to innovation, PV Drilling will certainly continue to be the leading oil and gas drilling contractor in the country and the region, continuing to affirm its position as "Vietnam's pioneer drilling contractor in the oil and gas drilling industry". 

Excellent enterprises and entrepreneurs at the 2024 APEA Awards Ceremony

Enterprise Asia (EA) is Asia’s leading non-governmental organization for enterprises, entrepreneurs with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand. Established in 2006, Enterprise Asia has grown into a strong business community, comprising more than 2,000 large enterprises across Asia, with a total member turnover of more than 50 billion USD. 

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