Regular expenditure, development investment expenditure, management and use of public assets still have many problems.

On December 3, reporting on the summary of the implementation results of the Resolutions of the 14th and 15th National Assembly on thematic supervision and questioning by the State Audit, State Auditor General Ngo Van Tuan affirmed that all audits were 100% quality controlled; at the same time, he also frankly pointed out the shortcomings in regular expenditures, development investment expenditures and management and use of public assets.

Focus on auditing "hot" issues and areas prone to corruption

Reporting to the National Assembly , State Auditor General Ngo Van Tuan said that, implementing the Resolutions of the 14th and 15th National Assembly regarding thematic supervision and questioning activities, the State Audit has promoted administrative reform, innovated methods and ways of organizing audits.

The State Audit Office has strongly applied information technology in all activities, especially the use of artificial intelligence and big data analysis in auditing work. Strictly publicize audit results and lists of organizations and individuals who are slow or have not yet implemented audit recommendations; promptly urge and remove difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing audit recommendations.

In addition, the State Audit Office closely coordinates with the Government Inspectorate , ministries, branches and localities in handling overlaps between inspection and auditing activities; promptly provides audit reports to serve the inspection, supervision, investigation work of the National Assembly and competent agencies; focuses on auditing "hot" issues of interest to public opinion and voters, areas with high potential risks, prone to corruption, waste and negativity.

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Quang Khanh

In order to strengthen the audit of contents related to urban planning, management and land use, the State Audit has selected audit topics focusing on assessing planning work, construction licensing; management and use of land revenue; management, use, rearrangement and handling of houses and land... At the same time, many guiding documents have been issued; requiring that each audit must clearly identify acts and manifestations of waste, indicate subjective and objective causes and responsibilities of relevant organizations and individuals; propose measures to handle and overcome consequences to combat waste.

Along with that, the State Audit Office also pays special attention to controlling the performance of public duties, professional ethics and codes of conduct of state auditors to promote the prevention and fight against corruption and negativity in the industry. All audits are 100% quality controlled; at the same time, many direct inspections and controls are organized at the audit teams.

State Auditor General Ngo Van Tuan emphasized that through audits, the State Audit has pointed out inadequacies and limitations in mechanisms, policies, and economic and technical norms that are not suitable to reality, thereby recommending amendments and supplements to perfect the policy and legal framework.

Many shortcomings and limitations were discovered through auditing work.

In the Summary Report on the implementation results of the Resolutions of the 14th and 15th National Assembly on thematic supervision and questioning, State Auditor General Ngo Van Tuan pointed out that the audit results showed that there were still some shortcomings and limitations, mainly:

In regular expenditure: budget allocation is slow, repeated many times, not close to reality; there are cases of allocation when conditions are not met, leading to disbursement failure, having to cancel the budget; in some places, allocation exceeds the norm; funds are used for the wrong purpose...

Delegates attending the meeting. Photo: Quang Khanh

In development investment expenditure: There is still a situation of capital allocation when conditions are not met, not included in the medium-term public investment plan, allocation beyond implementation capacity, or exceeding actual needs; low disbursement rate, capital plans must be adjusted and cancelled; many projects are not designed economically; slow implementation progress, slow putting into use reduces investment efficiency, causing waste of resources.

In the management and use of public assets: There are still cases of abandoned houses and land, improper use or ineffective use; slow implementation of plans to rearrange and handle houses and land; encroachment, land disputes, joint ventures, associations, leasing and lending of assets in violation of regulations still occur in many places; There are still cases of land allocation and leasing in violation of regulations; land use without a decision or land lease contract; failure to declare and pay land rent, failure to adjust land rent unit prices when the stabilization period ends; determination of land prices and plot locations is not appropriate; exemption and reduction of land rent without complete documents, for the wrong subjects.

Based on the results of implementing the Resolutions of the 14th and 15th National Assembly on thematic supervision and questioning, State Auditor General Ngo Van Tuan said that in the coming time, the State Audit will promote comprehensive innovation in audit content and methods, strengthen operational audits, thematic audits, focusing on "hot" issues that voters and public opinion are interested in ; focus on detecting inadequacies of mechanisms and policies to propose improvements; contribute to the fight against corruption, waste, negativity and practice thrift and combat waste.

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