Eni inks oil deal with CNPC

Eni signed a cooperation agreement with China National Petroleum Corp on Wednesday in a move that could give the Italian oil major greater access to the Chinese market. Eni said in a statement it had agreed to work with State-owned CNPC in the fields of exploration and production, liquefied natural gas, trading and refining-petrochemicals. The deal will cover operations in China and abroad. “It could allow Eni to tap Chinese resources while allowing CNPC to use Eni skills to develop its assets round the world,” one London-based oil analyst said. tourism industry by opening a tourism vocational training course in Yangon. The opening ceremony of the vocational training course was held in Yangon on Wednesday evening. Speaking at the event, Chen Chen, minister counselor of the Chinese embassy, said China would like to actively cooperate with Myanmar in the development of the tourism industry. U Yan Win, chairman of the Myanmar Tourism Federation, expressed his belief that the skilled workers graduated from the course will contribute to the country’s tourism industry development for which China-Myanmar tourism development working committee has been formed. He also added that Myanmar is expecting to open more tourism-related courses to promote human resource development of the tourism industry and to strengthen the friendship between the two countries.