Delegates to the conference. (Source: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Deputy AuditorGeneral of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) Doan Xuan Tien is attendinga symposium of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) in Indonesia onApril 2-3.
The symposium aims to raise ASEANSAI members’awareness of the importance of sustainable development goals (SDGs) inpromoting transparency, accountability and anti-corruption. It focuses onefforts to build a society of harmony, peace and integration.
Tien said the implementation of the SDGs geartowards building an incorruptible, society, reducing social vices, and ensuringsocial equality and inclusiveness, so to accomplish UN programmes by 2030.
He called on supreme audit institutionsworldwide and ASEANSAI members in particular, especially the SAV, to contributeto increasing social transparency and accountability of the Government andorganisations in the management and use of public assets, as well as the fightagainst corruption in the region and the world.
In his opening remarks, Indonesian DeputyForeign Minister A.M Fachir described transparency, accountability andanti-corruption as important factors to the completion of SDGs.
Chairman of the Audit Board of IndonesiaMoermahadi told Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the event that the SAVis a dynamic agency that has constructively integrated into the ASEAN auditsector, and shared experience as well as common tasks of the sector.
ASEANSAI was established on November 16, 2011 in Bali, Indonesia,with ten members of SAI being the ten member states of the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN), comprising Brunei, Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand andVietnam.
ASEANSAI is expected to encourage and promote goodgovernance within the ASEAN region. Thus, ASEANSAI will focus on capacitydevelopment for SAIs of the ASEAN member states and technical cooperation indealing with important and common audit issues in the ASEAN region.-VNA
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