At a meeting with Auditor General Tran Sy Thanh in Hanoi, Aliberti said from 2021, the E.U. has agreed to support Vietnam through a multilateral cooperation program.
Under the program, during the 2021-2024 period, the E.U. will provide EUR 210 in non-refundable aid for Vietnam, he said, adding that with the package, the SAV will become an important partner of the E.U. in the time ahead.
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At the meeting between Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, and Auditor General Tran Sy Thanh |
Aliberti stressed the E.U.’s commitment to technical assistance to the SAV to enable the office access and utilize international standards, while helping Vietnam strengthen its governance system.
For his part, Thanh hailed the ambassador’s contribution in his capacity as head of the E.U. Delegation to Vietnam, especially his role in urging the E.U. to ratify the E.U.-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the E.U.-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).
The Auditor General briefed Aliberti on his office’s operations last year, notably its Chairmanship of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) for the 2018-2021 tenure.
The office has also issued a mid-term auditing plan for 2022-2024, and another plan for 2022, which are associated with the strategy on SAV development by 2030.
The SAV will continue to serve as an effective, essential tool of the Party and the State in inspecting and supervising the management and use of finance and public assets, Thanh said.
He thanked the E.U. for its great support to the SAV since the establishment of the office, highlighting the E.U.’s major projects for Vietnam with total funding of EUR 3.9 million.
Apart from the projects, the E.U. launched a software training course for 22 Vietnamese auditors and officials last December, he added.
The Auditor General expressed his hope for more support from the E.U., with a focus on personnel training in such new spheres as IT, public debt, mining and environmental audits.
Source: VNA