VTO: Business result in Q3/08

Vietnam Tanker Joint Stock Company (VITACO) has informed of business result in Q3/08 as follows:

* Profit in Q3/08: VND3,200,748,663

* Profit in Q2/08: VND15,985,593,621

* Profit in Q3 was only 20.02% of that in Q2.

Reason: In Q3/08, the Petrolimex 08 tanker was maintained within 10 days and it took 1 month for the Petrolimex 04 tanker. In addition, petrol price highly increased. Therefore, this affected operation result of the crew.

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