Danish State Auditors Visit Vietnam

11:22:26 AM | 3/20/2006

On March 11, the Danish State Auditors ended a weeklong visit to Vietnam, where they had the opportunity to visit a number of Danish supported development activities and in Hanoi and to meet with key political players to discuss the priorities of the reform agenda for the coming five years.

The State Auditors visited Ho Chi Minh City and Dak Lak and Quang Nam provinces. During a tight programme the Auditors had the possibility to sense both the modern Vietnam with a high economic growth and to visit parts of the country – in particular in the Central Highlands – where they saw a continued need for targeted interventions to further reduce poverty.

In Hanoi the State Auditors met with their Vietnamese counterpart, The Committee for Economic and Budget Affairs in the National Assembly and had meetings with the State Audit of Vietnam as well as the Inspector General. With these partners they discussed the administrative reform process and the efforts to create a transparent, predictable and efficient public sector. The Danish State Auditors welcomed the newly adopted law on state audits and the law on anti-corruption and discussed with the counterparts the responsibility and considerable challenges they were facing in implementing these laws.

Minh Nhat