Hanoi (VNA) – The StateAudit Office of Vietnam (SAV) announced on November 29 that it will carry out190 audits next year, many of which are on major investment projects of publicconcern.
These are among the 43 investment programmes andprojects subject to inspection next year. They include the Binh Phuoc ethanolfactory, the Ninh Binh fertiliser plant, the Hai Phong international gatewayport, the Quang Ninh airport, the urban transport development project in HaiPhong city, the Song Bung 2 hydropower plant, and the Thai Binh 1 thermal powerplant.
In terms of State-owned enterprises andfinance-banking institutions, the SAV will audit three firms under the Ministryof Defence and the Ministry of Public Security, the State Bank of Vietnam, 21State-owned groups and corporations, and five banks and financial-creditorganisations.
Fifty-nine audits will be conducted in the fieldof State budget, the SAV said, elaborating that it will examine the reports on theState budget’s final accounts in 2018 by the Ministry of Finance and theMinistry of Planning and Investment, the management and use of public financeand assets in 2018 at 13 ministries and sectors, and the local budgets of 45provinces and centrally-run cities this year.
The SAV will also inspect the implementation ofResolution No.42/2017/QH14, issued by the 14th National Assembly last year, onthe pilot settlement of bad debts at credit organisations.
Additionally, many specialised audits are set tobe carried out next year, including those on the management of export andimport tariff collection, the national target programme on sustainable povertyreduction in the 2016-2020 period, and the implementation of financial autonomyat State-owned hospitals and universities.
Some agencies and businesses under the Ministryof Defence and the Ministry of Public Security are also subject to audits in2019. –VNA
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