The Ordinance on Sanctions of Administrative Violations in the field of State Audit, which was approved by the 15th Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) at the 20th meeting session on February 28, 2023, consists of 5 chapters, 21 articles regulating violations, forms and levels of sanction, measures to address consequences; authority, procedures for imposing penalties, executing penalty decisions, and enforcing administrative penalty decisions for violations in the field of state audit.
Within the framework of the working program of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) with the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV) on capacity building in the field of performance audit, in the morning of March 15, 2022, in Ha Noi, CAAF opened a training course on interviewing skills for state Auditors in the field of performance audit.
On the afternoon of March 16, 2023, in Ha Noi, the Office of the President held a press conference to announce the Order No. 02/2023/L-CTN dated March 10, 2023 of the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the publication of the Ordinance on Handling Administrative Violations in the field of State Audit. The Ordinance was approved by the 15th Standing Committee of the National Assembly, 20th Session on February 28, 2023.
In order to understand the needs and strengthen the cooperation between the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) and agencies of the National Assembly within the framework of the mission with the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV), in the afternoon of March 17, 2023, CAAF delegation led by Ms. Caroline Jorgensen, CAAF Vice President, had a working session with the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Assembly. Receiving and chairing the meeting with the delegation was Mr. Le Minh Nam, Standing Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Assembly.
On the morning of 13 February 2023, right after the inauguration of 20th meeting session of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly (SC), under the direction of Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly discussed and approved the Ordinance on Sanctions of Administrative Violations in the field of State Audit. National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended and made a speech at the meeting.
On February 9, 2023, at the headquarters of the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV), its National Scientific Projects Board (Board) “Improving State Audit laws to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of preventing and combating corruption and wastefulness in Viet Nam” (Project) organized a meeting to evaluate the progress and give comments on the draft Project. Member of the Party Central Committee, Auditor General Ngo Van Tuan – Project Manager, chaired the meeting.
On the afternoon of February 9th, 2023, in Hanoi, the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV) held the opening ceremony of the "Assessment Examination on professional knowledge updated in 2023 audit activities" for 553 students who are civil servants and public employees of SAV’s subordinate units in accordance with Decision No. 1801/QD-KTNN dated October 26, 2021 and Decision No. 1507/QD-KTNN dated December 20, 2022 of the State Auditor General.