State Audit asked to enhance operational effectiveness
Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong had a working session with the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) in Hanoi on July 18 to review its recent performance and issues on use and management of public property.
Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong addresses the working session with the State Audit of Vietnam in Hanoi on July 18 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’sSecretariat Tran Quoc Vuong had a working session with the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) inHanoi on July 18 to review its recent performance and issues on use and managementof public property.
Vuong spokehighly of the SAV’s achievements over recent years, andhailed the authority for its constant operation reformsand application of more international audit standards.
It has strivedto improve the effectiveness of State budget collection and expenditure as well as the useof public property, and helped recover a large amount of financial losses to theState budget, he said.
Vuong moved onto note that the SAV is an independent agency which operates under a specialmechanism, so its reports must be accurate and effective, contributing to uncoveringcorruption and wastfulness and building a strong and clean Communist Party.
To provide prompt and valuable reports that contribute to the better use andmanagement of the public property, the official urged the SAV to further enhance theoperational effectiveness, develop a team of professional and prudent personnelwith work ethic and play a more active role in preventing wastefulness.
Deputy AuditorGeneral Nguyen Quang Thanh reported that the SAV proposed close to 92.5trillion VND (3.98 billion USD) in fines last year, the highest in the agency’s25-year history. Additionally, it has prosposed to make amendments to, replaceand cancel 160 legal documents; transfered five cases on suspicion of criminaloffence to investigators; and provided 146 documents to competent stateagencies for investigation, inspection and supervision.
In the firsthalf of this year, the SAV proposed more than 37.5 trillion VND in fines, up 65 percent froma year earlier, helping to add over 19.1 trillion VND to the State budget. Italso transfered two cases on suspicion of criminal offence to the police. –VNA
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Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong addresses the working session with the State Audit of Vietnam in Hanoi on July 18 (Photo: VNA) 
