SAV and GIZ delegates in Germany (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – AVietnamese delegation led by State Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc held a workingsession with leaders of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)in the German city of Bonn on February 28.
Speaking at the event, NguyenKim from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, who is incharge of cooperation with Vietnam, said the State Audit Office of Vietnam(SAV)’s interest in information technology and environment audit is also partof the focus in coordination between the two countries and Germany’sdevelopment strategy in Asia and partner countries in the near future.
Auditor General Phoc, for hispart, said thanks to the GIZ’s effective support, the SAV built and issued 36standards based on international audit standards set by the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
From 2011 to2019, the GIZ continued to assist the SAV via a regional project to improve thecapacity of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI), he said, expressinghope for further support from the GIZ, especially in operational, environmentand information technology (IT) audit.
According to him, the SAV isworking to improve operational audit to better assess the efficiency andeffectiveness of the use and management of public finance and assets.
He suggested the German sideshare experience in devising strategy, selecting topics, and presenting reportson operational audit.
Phoc said the SAV will builda database on IT audit and databases on other fields in order to compile anoverview of the national finance and public assets, conduct periodic audit onkey IT systems and projects, step up training of IT auditors, build a big datasystem and an intellectual database.
He expressed hope that theSAV would continue receiving support from GIZ in environment and IT audit,application of IT in audit activities and use of artificial intelligence in bigdata analysis.
Previously, the delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam took part in the 7th international integrity seminar that opened in Budapest, Hungary, on February 24, then had a working session with President of the Court of Audit of Belgium Philippe Roland in Brussels on February 26.
Speaking at the event, NguyenKim from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, who is incharge of cooperation with Vietnam, said the State Audit Office of Vietnam(SAV)’s interest in information technology and environment audit is also partof the focus in coordination between the two countries and Germany’sdevelopment strategy in Asia and partner countries in the near future.
Auditor General Phoc, for hispart, said thanks to the GIZ’s effective support, the SAV built and issued 36standards based on international audit standards set by the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
From 2011 to2019, the GIZ continued to assist the SAV via a regional project to improve thecapacity of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI), he said, expressinghope for further support from the GIZ, especially in operational, environmentand information technology (IT) audit.
According to him, the SAV isworking to improve operational audit to better assess the efficiency andeffectiveness of the use and management of public finance and assets.
He suggested the German sideshare experience in devising strategy, selecting topics, and presenting reportson operational audit.
Phoc said the SAV will builda database on IT audit and databases on other fields in order to compile anoverview of the national finance and public assets, conduct periodic audit onkey IT systems and projects, step up training of IT auditors, build a big datasystem and an intellectual database.
He expressed hope that theSAV would continue receiving support from GIZ in environment and IT audit,application of IT in audit activities and use of artificial intelligence in bigdata analysis.
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