Auditor General of the State Audit Office (SAV) of Vietnam Ho Duc Phoc has urged the Audit Commission (AC) of Japan to share experience with the SAV in operational audit and audit in the field of information technology as well as personnel training.
Auditor General of the State Audit Office (SAV) of Vietnam Ho Duc Phoc (R) and President of the Audit Commission of Japan Teruhiko Kawato. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Auditor General of the State Audit Office (SAV) ofVietnam Ho Duc Phoc has urged the Audit Commission (AC) of Japan to shareexperience with the SAV in operational audit and audit in the field of informationtechnology as well as personnel training.
During his meeting with AC President Teruhiko Kawato in Tokyo on April 10, Phocsaid the SAV wants to receive cooperation from the AC, stressing that this willhelp elevate the SAV’s development to a new height as well as ensure itsfunctions and missions as assigned by the National Assembly and the State.
Vietnam and Japan have enjoyed a fruitful strategic partnership in the pasttime and the East Asian nation is currently the largest provider of ODA forVietnam with 2.6 trillion JPY (some 24.3 billion USD), Phoc noted, adding that asthe SAV is entrusted with auditing ODA funds in Vietnam, collaboration betweenthe two audit bodies will be tightened in the future.
On the occasion, he thanked the AC for giving support to Vietnam in the pastyears, hoping that the two agencies, both being members of the InternationalOrganisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and the Asian Organisationof Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI), will fortify solidarity and bilateralcooperation to develop INTOSAI and ASOSAI.
Teruhiko, for his part, said that the two audit agencies have seen soundcooperation, not only through the INTOSAI and the ASOSAI but also through theexchanges between the two countries.
With meticulous preparations, the SAV will successfully organise the 14th Assembly of the ASOSAI in September 2018 and as an ASOSAI member, Japan pledgedto make every effort to contribute to the assembly’s success, he stressed.
Regarding the cooperation programme, Teruhiko said that together with applyingIT in data analysis to improve audit efficiency, the AC is developing an audit informationsystem to strengthen audit security.
Japanese tax system as well as auditor training programmes and plans werepresented at the meeting. Teruhiko hoped that Japanese experience will beworthwhile for the SAV.-VNA
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Auditor General of the State Audit Office (SAV) of Vietnam Ho Duc Phoc (R) and President of the Audit Commission of Japan Teruhiko Kawato. (Photo: VNA) 
