Currently, corruption is considered a "national problem" by the Party and State. Anti-corruption is the task of the Party, the people and the political system as a whole. Established by the National Assembly, being an independent operation, abiding only by the law, with the legal status of an inspection agency on public finances and public assets, the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV) is responsible for corruption detecting and handling as well as preventing losses and wastefulness in the management and usage of public finances and assets.
In the afternoon of October 21, 2022, following the 4th session of the 15th National Assembly, the National Assembly elected Mr. Ngo Van Tuan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Personnel Committee and Secretary, Party Committee, Deputy State Auditor General in charge of State Audit of Viet Nam (SAV) to hold the position of State Auditor General for the term 2021-2026 with the approval rate of 92.17%.
Code of ethics is one of important elements affecting anti-corruption in public audit. Accordingly, Code of ethics - State Audit Standard No. 30 was signed and promulgated by the Auditor General in 2014. The Code of ethics is considered a basis for improvement of State Auditors’ consciousness and responsibility in observing the regulations on public service ethics associated with proffesional ethics.
On 18th August, 2022, at the Legal Session, the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed and commented on the project of Law on Anti-Money Laundering (amended)
On the morning of August 22, 2022, at the head office of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) – 116 Nguyen Chanh, Hanoi, Mr. Nguyen Ba Dzung - Director General of International Cooperation Department (ICD) of SAV had a courtesy meeting with Mr. Ren Varma - the Portfolio Head of Mainland Southeast Asia of Association of Charterd Certified Accountants (ACCA) and other delegates from ACCA
According to the orientation set out by the Leadership of the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV), it is planned not to increase the number of annual audits in the period 2023-2025, instead to adjust the audit structures, of which to increase the number of audits on new contents and focusing on new types of audit. Besides, the SAV identifies audit topics and tasks in order to develop a medium-term audit strategy.
Over the past time, along with other auditing contents and fields, the results of environmental audits have made an important contribution to that of the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV). Considering that the SAV is to increase the number of environmental audits and improve auditing quality, it is necessary that functional audit units and auditors constantly strive to innovate methods of organizing audits to better meet the requirements.
(sav.gov.vn) Mr. Tran Sy Thanh, Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, was elected to be the new Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee for the 2021 – 2026 tenure upon all participant's agreement at the 8th session of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Council meeting on the afternoon of July 22, 2022.
(sav.gov.vn) – Hanoi, July 24, 2022 afternoon, the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) held a Conference to announce the decision of the Politburo and the National Assembly Standing Committee on personnel. Accordingly, the Politburo mobilizes and assigns Mr. Ngo Van Tuan, Member of the Party Central Committee, term XIII, to resign from the positions of Executive Committee, the Standing Committee and resign from the position of Secretary of the Hoa Binh Provincial People Committee for the 2020-2025 tenure, to appoint the Secretary of the Party Committee of the State Audit Office. At the same time, the National Assembly Standing Committee issues a Resolution appointing Mr. Ngo Van Tuan to hold the position of Deputy Auditor General, in charge of the State Audit Office. The appointment period is 5 years terms from July 24, 2022. On behalf of the Politburo, the Secretariat, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue presents the Decision of Politburo and the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee to Mr. Ngo Van Tuan.
International experience shows that the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) plays an important role in assessing the Government's prepareness to achieve the SDGs. Therefore, it is neccesary for the SAV to focus on studying, developing the outline and audit plan for the audit of this area.