The State Auditof Vietnam (SAV) will audit 143 companies and agenciesbelonging to 16 ministries, 34 provinces and cities, 25 investmentprojects and five national target programmes in 2013.
This was announced by Deputy State Auditor General Le Minh Khai at a press conference on December 21.
A number of state-owned groups and banks were slated for auditing,including the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, the Coal and MineralIndustries Group, the Song Da Corporation, Electricity of Vietnam andVietnam Textiles and Garments.
Four State-owned banks were alsoon the list: the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry andTrade, the Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, the VietnamCommercial Bank and the Vietnam Development Bank.
AuditingState-owned groups and banks aims to provide objective and truthfulinformation about the economic restructuring process to the Governmentand people.
The audits will focus on inspection of landmanagement and use, home and urban development and exploitation ofnatural resources and minerals.
SAV will also step upinspections in areas related to economic restructuring, especiallyprojects relating to state investment restructuring, added Khai.
Based on the results, the SAV will propose the Government and theNational Assembly directing the restructuring of state-owned enterprisesand banks.
The SAV carried out 161 audits and proposed solutionsfor financial errors worth 9.1 trillion VND (roughly 433 million USD)in 2012.-VNA