The report of the State Auditor General (SA) on the agency's work in 2024 at the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly showed that by the end of August 2024, the SA had recommended handling finances of VND 11,246 billion, of which it recommended increasing budget revenue by VND 383 billion and reducing expenditure by VND 2,987 billion; other recommendations were VND 7,876 billion.

Regarding the implementation of audit recommendations in 2023, as of August 30, the State Audit Office said that the number of recommendations for financial handling and other recommendations implemented was 33,099.5/49,940 billion VND, reaching a rate of 66.3%.

However, only 12/198 legal documents were amended, supplemented or abolished according to the recommendations of the State Audit Office.

Regarding recommendations for reviewing collective and individual responsibilities, 44/107 audit reports recommending reviewing collective and individual responsibilities have been implemented by the unit (in the same period of 2023, 33/183 audit reports were implemented by the unit).

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Implementation of State Audit recommendations is still low.

Regarding the work of preventing corruption and negativity, the State Audit Office has provided 206 audit reports and related documents to agencies of the National Assembly, the Central Inspection Committee, and investigation agencies to serve the investigation, inspection, and supervision work... Of which, 148 reports were sent to the Central Inspection Committee; 58 documents and reports were sent to the Investigation Police Agency - Ministry of Public Security and local police.

This agency has transferred a file to the Investigation Police Agency - Binh Phuoc Provincial Police for investigation and clarification.

Preliminary review of the above report by the State Auditor General, the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee stated that, compared to the results of the same period in 2023, the implementation of financial handling recommendations and other recommendations decreased in both scale and proportion (the number of financial handling recommendations implemented was 33,099.5/49,940 billion VND, reaching 66.3% while in the same period in 2023, the implementation was 48,227/71,605 billion VND, reaching 67.4%); the implementation of recommendations on document handling was very low, reaching only about 6.06%.

Similarly, the Standing Committee of the Judiciary Committee also found that the effectiveness of the State Audit's financial handling recommendations is still low; the amendment, supplementation or cancellation of policy documents according to the State Audit's recommendations is very low and the number of files transferred to the Police Investigation Agency is also low.

Therefore, the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee requested the State Audit Office to report and supplement the specific list of agencies and units that have not fully and promptly implemented the conclusions and recommendations of the State Audit Office.

In addition, clarify the work of urging, organizing implementation, causes, and responsibilities for implementing conclusions and recommendations in the first 8 months of 2024, which are still low compared to requirements, including the implementation of Resolution No. 141/2024 of the National Assembly on questioning activities at the 7th Session of the 15th National Assembly for the audit field related to the implementation of audit conclusions and recommendations and the clarification and final handling of conclusions and recommendations that have been pending for many years as well as the results of overcoming existing problems.

The State Audit Office needs to point out the causes and responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals in the delay in implementing recommendations in the audit report.

The Law Committee of the National Assembly believes that the Ordinance on Administrative Sanctions for Violations in the State Audit Sector has been approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee, effective from May 1, 2023, which includes provisions on sanctions for violations of regulations on implementing audit conclusions and recommendations of the State Audit.

Therefore, the Law Committee requests the State Audit Office to further report on how the implementation of the ordinance in the past has affected the implementation of the State Audit Office's recommendations, and at the same time clarify the reasons for the low implementation of recommendations on document handling.

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State Audit Office transfers 40 cases with signs of violations to investigation agencies

State Audit Office transfers 40 cases with signs of violations to investigation agencies

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