At the EIC Energy Vietnam Conference held today in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), there was considerable talk from a multitude of players discussing in length oil and gas development in the country, investment opportunities, new offshore production ventures, the role of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and even wind and solar in the country’s future energy mix. There were also representatives from a slew of various state-run PetroVietnam subsidiaries as well as over 100 foreign companies keen on investing in Vietnam’s energy future. However, what was missing, what no journalist asked in follow up sessions, what no interested company talked about openly, was the role of geopolitics in the Southeast Asian nation of more than 90 million people. The fact that much of Vietnam’s UN-mandated Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) overlaps that with its giant neighbor to the north, China, was not on the agenda, even though less than two […]