A delegation from the State Audit of Vietnam led by Deputy State Auditor
General Le Minh Khai is in Laos for a working visit from March
19-23.
At a reception for the delegation hosted by
Laos ’ Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Somsavad Lengsavath
and National Assembly Vice Chairman Somkhan Phengkhanmi, Khai said the
visit aims to intensify the cooperation agreed by the two State Audits.
The Vietnamese side will discuss the content on
implementing an audit structure, legal framework as well as standards
to promote more practical bilateral cooperation with the State Audit of
Laos.
The delegation will work with the Provincial
Audit of Luong Prabang in order to improve the auditing capability of
the two countries’ ministries and sectors in an effort to effectively
and transparently use state budgets, therefore contributing to the
anti-corruption fight.
Khai suggested the Lao
leaders create more favourable conditions for the two State Audits to
put audit programmes into a working plan for the Vietnam-Laos
Cooperation Committee.
The two hosts spoke highly of
cooperation between the two audit offices during the past time and
expressed their wish to see closer cooperation between the two sides to
fulfil their assigned tasks.
They said Laos will
begin the construction of a centre for human resource training to meet
its demand for national development, hoping that the support from the
Vietnam State Audit will bolster greater sustainable comprehensive
cooperation between the two nations.-VNA