YANGON (Myanmar) Oct 4: A Vietnamese company has signed a deal to explore for offshore oil and gas in Myanmar, a state news report said on Saturday.

The Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation Ltd., Joint Venture Vietsovpetro and a private Myanmar company, Eden Group Company Ltd., signed a contract on Friday for exploration, drilling and production of oil and gas in the Gulf of Martaban, the Myanma Ahlin daily reported.—AP