Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency, Phoc said the move aims to helpSAIs make a timely response to constant changes in the public financialmanagement environment.
The SAV is currently working with the ASOSAI’s Capacity Development Committee(the Board of Audit of Japan) and its committees and working groups to share knowledgeand good practice and bolster the role of the ASOSAI in supporting its membersamid the COVID-19 pandemic, to build an organisation with professional anddynamic SAIs that are able to respond to challenges and emerging issues in theregion and the world.
Regarding the audit of water resources in the Mekong River basin, Vietnamcontinued working with international experts to provide training and set upaudit plans for SAIs in January-February. The SAIs will conduct independentaudits in coordination with the SAV and with instructions from experts.
In the fourth quarter, the SAV will chair an international conference to share theresults of the audit as well as good practice in environmental audits and the sustainabledevelopment goals (SDGs).
Due to the complex developments of the pandemic, the State Audit Office ofThailand has proposed holding the 15th ASOSAI Assembly online, with a theme of “ASOSAIand the new normal”. The assembly will work on four aspects: strategic Governmentroles, the implementation of the SDGs, information technology (IT) application,and responding to emerging issues. These are the main pillars in the AOSAI’sstrategic plan for 2022-2027, which was prepared based on regional challenges andto meet the needs of ASOSAI members.
It will be a major challenge for the ASOSAI in general and the SAV inparticular, as ASOSAI Chair for the 2018-2021 tenure, to ensure the success ofthe assembly. The SAV and other SAIs needs to make meticulous preparations forthe event, both in content and technical infrastructure.
As ASOSAI Chair, the SAV has made significant contributions to its development.It has been acknowledged by regional and international SAIs and received major assistancefrom development partners to consolidate management skills and capacity,helping to build the ASOSAI into a professional and modern supreme audit organisation.
The SAV has developed auditing in certain new fields, including IT audits,environmental audits and natural resources audits, and build-operate-transfer(BOT) and build-transfer (BT) project audits, as well as audits on a number ofmajor areas regarding land, education, and healthcare. It has made unceasingefforts to improve auditing capacity and efficiency through gaining experiencefrom SAIs that have advanced skills in the audit of new areas.
It has seen breakthroughs in emerging fields over recent years and posted impressiveachievements in environmental audits, management audits, and land and naturalresource use audits.
Along with promoting the application of IT in its management and professionalendeavours, the SAV has also installed new technologies to better conduct itsactivities.
Aware of the role technology plays in the sector’s activities, the SAV hasstudied and integrated new technologies that yield fruitful results compared totraditional methods. It has access to advanced technologies pioneered by SAIsfrom the UK, Japan, and China, to improve professionalism and efficiency in auditingactivities.
Applying IT in audits is a sustainable platform for the development of the SAVin the context of deep digital economic integration. The SAV has issued astrategy on developing its IT during 2019-2025 and vision to 2030, with a viewto modernising its activities and enhancing advanced technologies in itsoperations, with focus sharpened on building its own digital infrastructure anddeploying digital technologies, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence.
The ASOSAI was founded in 1979 and pursues a mission common among workinggroups of the International Organisations of Supreme Audit Institutions(INTOSAI), that “Professional supreme audit institutions promote good Stategovernance”, and with the core values of “Professionalism, Cooperation,Equality, Creativity”.
Its goal is to promote mutual understanding and cooperation among member SAIsthrough the exchange of ideas and experience in public auditing, creating the conditionsnecessary for the training of State auditors to improve working quality andefficiency.
The SAV became a member in 1997. In its initial period of membership, it primarilysent auditors to attend training courses and workshops sponsored by the ASOSAI,to enhance professional capacity. Since 2010, the SAV has undertaken a moreactive role in the association’s professional activities./.
VNA
