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.
Based on the Reception – Festivity Sub-committee work plan for the 14th ASOSAI Assembly and the Decision by the Auditor General, a Taskforce is established for selecting liaison officers from SAV and summoning these public servants and employees to attend the exams to be selected as liaison officers for the Assembly. The Examination Team under Sub-Committee directed by Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung – Deputy Director General of ICD, Permanent Deputy Head of the Sub-Committee conducts examinations to select L/O for the 14th ASOSAI Assembly.
On 3 October 2017, “the Third Regional Workshop on ISSAI Financial Audit and Forensic Auditing” was held in Jakarta, Indonesia. There were 30 participants came from many SAI members of ASEANSAI, SAI Sweden and representatives from other organizations such as ADB, GIZ, INTOSAI. The Workshop was endorsed by ADB as part of the “Enhancing the role of Supreme Audit Institute in some ASEAN countries” project.
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.
On 2 October 2017, in Hanoi, the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV)’s Audit Training Institute (ATI) held the opening session for the training course on 23 State Audit Standards.The Training Course was held from 02 October to 19 October 2017 with 26 participants from different SAV’s divisions and instructors wererapporteurs who had taken part in developing the Standards. This was the second part of the project to introduce all 39 new State Audit Standards to SAV’s employees and auditors. The other 13 standards had been introduced to them earlier in the year.