(PLO) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said auditing needs to be open and transparent because this is the most important weapon of audit activities.
On the morning of September 12, the 26th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee opened. The first content the National Assembly Standing Committee will conduct is to comment on the 2023 work report and the 2024 audit plan of the State Audit (SAV).
After the 2023 audit report and verification report were presented, the Chairman of the National Assembly gave comments, in which he emphasized on tightening discipline, budgetary, monetary and financial discipline. be open and transparent in announcing plans and publicizing audit conclusions.
“Every year when the audit results are announced, the inspectors discover many violations and see that the comrades have done everything thoroughly, but the second aspect is worrying. Because how can the tools work so regularly and continuously but with violations? Crime has not decreased but seems to have increased,” the National Assembly Chairman said
According to him, auditing must “rather little but better” to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. “Don’t spread the curtain, nothing has a central focus, what you do will have a pervasive impact,” the Chairman of the National Assembly said, noting that: auditing must promote openness, transparency, objectivity and honesty. . Because, according to the Chairman of the National Assembly, transparency is the most important weapon of audit activities.
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The Chairman of the National Assembly said auditing needs to be public and transparent because that is the weapon of auditing. Photo: QH |
Speaking to Deputy State Auditor General Doan Anh Tho – who previously presented the 2023 audit report – the National Assembly Chairman said: “Mainly comrades only post audit results… It must be organized.” Press Conference. Previously, important audits were held in press conferences and announced publicly. I posted it on a portal, some people read it, but few people read it. The annual audit report must be made public, and at the same time select specialized audits to make public.”
According to the Chairman of the National Assembly, publicizing audit results both affirms the power of auditing and allows public opinion to monitor audit activities.
“People monitor whether audits are done properly and properly. “For as long as in the past,” but in our time, we were press agencies that were regularly present at the audit agency. Every time Press conference means preparing to sweat, but only then will auditors take the trouble to get it right,” the National Assembly Chairman recalled when he was the State Auditor General.
According to the State Audit’s report, the total number of audit tasks in 2024 (123 tasks) and the orientation to select audits of major topics associated with the management and administration of the state budget; Key issues and areas that easily give rise to negativity, corruption, and waste; closely follow and actively serve the National Assembly’s activities on legislation, supervision and decision-making on important issues of the country.
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Deputy State Auditor General Doan Anh Tho presented at the meeting. Photo: QH |
In particular, in the field of construction investment and programs and projects, the State Audit said that it is expected to conduct 21 audits of investment projects, including many large and important national projects, Public opinion is concerned and is part of the National Assembly’s monitoring program such as: The Eastern North-South Expressway in the period 2021-2025; Long Thanh International Airport Project – phase 1; ring road project; Vietnam coastal road projects; infrastructure construction projects, sustainable urban development and adaptation to climate change; Hospital construction projects…
In the field of businesses and financial and banking institutions, the State Audit plans to carry out 13 audits, including the State Bank; 7 state-owned corporations and corporations; 5 financial institutions and banks.
Verifying, the National Assembly’s Finance and Budget Committee requested the State Audit to focus on prioritizing resources and human resources for audits to serve the 2023 state budget settlement to strive to achieve or exceed the target according to roadmap set out in the State Audit Development Strategy to 2030.
Also needing priority, according to the inspection agency, are audits as requested in Resolutions of the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, and important topics related to issues of public opinion. , Congress and voters are concerned.
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