Hanoi(VNA) – Vietnamese Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc held talks with his Malaysian counterpartMadinal Binti Mohamad who is in Vietnam to attend the 14th Assembly of the AsianOrganisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI).

Phoc said that overthe past few years, the partnership between the two agencies has been fostered withvarious cooperation activities to share professional experience.

From 2005-2012, the StateAudit of Vietnam (SAV) sent three delegations of senior leaders to Malaysia to learnabout auditing standards and techniques, as well as information technology applicationin professional activities and personnel training.

Within the frameworkof the ASEAN Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI), theNational Audit Department of Malaysia supported the SAV in building, monitoring,and evaluating the implementation of the ASEANSAI strategic plan.

Each year, thedepartment has helped to train SAV officials though its technical cooperationprogramme funded by the Malaysian Government.

From 2008, the SAV hassent 15 officials to auditing courses in Malaysia.

Phoc spoke highly ofthe Malaysian National Audit Department’s assistance in the past years,affirming that all officials trained in Malaysia have acquired helpfulknowledge and shown strong returning performances, helping to enhance theefficiency of the SAV.

For her part, MadinahBinti Mohamad said that the National Audit Department of Malaysia boastsstrength in training. Malaysia’s National Audit Academy was established inNovember 2005 and has organised one or two courses for international traineeseach year since 2007, mostly in operational and information technology auditing.

Each year, Malaysia’s Stateaudit agency conducts 150-200 audits on issues related to operationalenforcement and efficiency, she said.

She said that lookingforwards, the Malaysian National Audit Department will continue inviting theSAV to join the Malaysian technical cooperation programme on public auditingtraining.

Specifically, the twosides will exchange delegations to study experience in digitalising paper procedures,building training courses on environmental and IT auditing, and the trainingmodel of Malaysia.

As the role of ASOSAIChair for the 2015-2018 period, the Malaysian Auditor General affirmed that Malaysiais willing to share experience with the SAV in the future when Vietnam takescharge for the 2018-2021 tenure – especially in connecting members and evaluatingchallenges and problems facing the region, as well as global development trendsfor state audits, and implementing the ASOSAI strategic plan for the 2016-2021period. –VNA