MOSCOW- Russia's Zarubezhneft and Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) agreed the handover of a stake in offshore block 09-2/09 in Vietnam on Wednesday.

Zarubezhneft will get a 30 percent of the hydrocarbon offshore block from PVEP Corporation, a Zarubezhneft spokesman said at the signing ceremony.

(Reporting by Polina Devitt Writing by Polina Nikolskaya Editing by Louise Heavens) ((Polina.Nikolskaya@thomsonreuters.com;))