On 9 November 2017 in Hanoi, Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc chaired a meeting to discuss the organization of 14th ASOSAI Assembly. The meeting received attendance from all Deputy Auditors General and relevant Heads of Departments of SAI Vietnam.
On the occasion Dr. Ho Duc Phoc, Auditor General of Vietnam attended the 4th ASEANSAI Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR during 5th - 6th November 2017, the People’s Delegation Newspaper conducted an interview with him on this theme.
From 5-6th November 2017, the 4th ASEANSAI Summit was held in Lao PDR which attented by the heads of ten SAI members of the organisation. Representatives from GIZ, WB, EU and ADB, etc. were also present at the event. Delegates from SAI Vietnam, headed by Dr. Ho Duc Phoc, Auditor General were among the attendants.
On 5 November 2017, in Vientiane capital of Lao PDR, Auditor General of Vietnam Mr. Ho Duc Phoc and Chairman of SAI Indonesia Mr. Moemahadi Soerja Djanegara signed the MoU on bilateral cooperation between SAV and BPK on public sector auditing.
On 30th October 2017, the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) hosted Facilication Skill workshop under framework of Long-Term ASEANSAI Programme on ISSAI Implementation Phase 2. The workshop was attended by representatives from 07 ASEANSAI members of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and international experts joined as the facilitator at the workshop.
On 19th October 2017, SAV held the workshop on “BT Investment Management – Issues and Solutions” at its head office in Hanoi. Dr. Ho Duc Phoc – Auditor General - joined the opening session. Deputy Auditor General – Cao Tan Khong and Director of the Audit Training Institute –Dr. Le Dinh Thang co-chaired the Workshop. Participants came from various Ministries included: Ministry of Planning and Investment; State Bank; Ministry of Transport; Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment; Hanoi’s Natural Resource and Environment Department together with representatives from professional associations and universities. The Workshop also gained the attendance of many news agencies.
On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic relations and the 40th anniversary of signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty on Amity and Cooperation, On 18 October 2017 SAI Vietnam and SAI Laos solemnly celebrated these landmarks in the relationship of the two countries in Hanoi.
On 12 October 2017, at the Head Office of SAV, the Legal Affairs Department leader chaired the meeting and worked with the Audit Committee of the Deparment of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland led by Mr. James O'Brien, Senior Member of Audit Committee – Deparment of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
On 9 October 2017, a seminar on the process of creating, archiving and exploiting electronic audit records was held by Information Technology Centre (IT Centre), a service delivery unit of the SAV.
On 3 October 2017, Politburo Member, National Assembly (NA) Chairperson H.E. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a working session with the State Audit Office (SAV) on SAV's task implementation.