Attending the event were representatives of the UK Department forInternational Development (DFID), the World Bank (WB), the EuropeanUnion (EU), the Asia Development Bank (ADB) and the Canada InternationalDevelopment Agency (CIDA).
According to State Auditor GeneralDinh Tien Dung, the action plan for the State Audit developmentstrategy until 2020 is divided into two phases, with the first phaserunning from 2012 to 2015 and the second phase between 2016-2020.
In the first phase, the action plan will focus on improving Stateaudit’s human resources and organisational structure, modernisingauditing plans and methods in line with international practices andincreasing IT application in auditing and improving the legal frameworkof the state audit.
Foreign donors spoke highly of the actionplan, considering it a promising project that will improve the StateAudit of Vietnam’s capacity.
They also pledged to coordinate with other donors to assist Vietnam in implementing the action plan.
AWB representative suggested that the State Audit of Vietnam set up aproject management board, pledging that WB will work with other supremeaudit agencies in the world to call for their support.-VNA