On the morning of December 12th, 2022, at the headquarters of the SAV, Dr. Ha Thi My Dzung - Deputy Auditor General chaired the meeting to assess the outlines and notes to the ministerial-level scientific research projects to be carried out in 2023 by SAV.
Deputy Auditor General, Dr. Ha Thi My Dzung chairing the meeting
Attending the meeting were members of the Assessment Team, founded according to Decision No. 1451/QD-KTNN dated November 21, 2022 on the establishment of the assessment team of the the outlines and notes to the ministerial-level scientific research projects to be implemented in 2023, together with members of the Research Committees.
At the meeting, the Research Committees reported on the ideas, structure and methods of implementing 03 projects, including the followings:
Research project No. 01 – Enhancement of the quality of law application in audit activities to ensure the legal basis for audit conclusion and recommendation, carried out by Dr. Dang Van Hai (Department of Legal Affairs) with MSc. Mai Van Quang (Regional State Audit Office No. XI) as co-leader;
Research project No. 02 – The role of SAV in the renovation of fiscal policy, management and administration of the state Budget, contributing to making Viet Nam’s national finance healthier, carried out by Assoc. Dr. Dang Van Thanh (Chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Accountants & Auditors).
Research project No. 03 – Improvement and strengthen the coordination relationship with elected agencies in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of local budget audit activities of SAV, carried out by MSc. Huynh Huu Tho (Regional State Audit Office No.VII) with MSc. Nguyen Dinh Hoa (Regional State Audit Office No. XI) as co-leader.
The Chairman Board of Research Project No. 02 presenting the Topic at the meeting
At the meeting, the assessment team highly appreciated the scientific significance as well as agreed with the research ideas of the three projects. It was noted that the three projects all delved into ideas that were novel, newsworthy and had practical importance to SAV’s audit activities. In addition, members of the assessment team exchanged detailed and specific contributions in order to improve each project, such as: name, objectives, scope, and research content (to make them more realistic and relevant to SAV’s activities).
At the end of the session, Dr. Ha Thi My Dzung concluded that while the projects were extremely necessary issues for SAV's operation, yet they were also new and difficult areas and the scope of research was fairly wide. Therefore, the Research Committees should seriously take into consideration the comments of the assessment team and complete the outline, outputs of the research so that the research is effective and feasible.
In the afternoon of the same day, the assessment team held a meeting to give opinions on SAV's ministerial-level research projects in 2023 by the selection method, with the ordered research including: The role of SAV in controlling state power; Applycation of investigative audit method in audit to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of anti-corruption and anti-negative activities; Audit of the economic responsibility and SAV's role; Audit of investment projects under PPP approach; Audit of gender equality and the role of SAV.