Proactively and resolutely implement audit recommendations

Implementing the recommendations of the State Audit Office (SA), the Ministry of Finance together with many ministries, sectors and localities have actively reviewed and synchronously deployed solutions to overcome limitations, improve mechanisms and policies and enhance financial discipline. This proactive and decisive action not only ensures compliance and accountability of audited units but also affirms the increasingly improved effectiveness and efficiency of audit activities.

Ministry of Finance urges and guides the implementation of audit recommendations

On October 23, 2025, the Ministry of Finance issued Official Dispatch No. 16497/BTC-PC to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, other central agencies and People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, requesting urgent implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the State Audit Office on amending and supplementing the state financial and budgetary mechanisms and policies.

According to Official Dispatch No. 16497, the implementation is to implement Directive No. 22/CT-TTg dated June 23, 2023 of the Prime Minister on strengthening discipline and order in compliance with laws on finance and budget. The Ministry of Finance requests ministries, branches and localities to promptly and fully implement the conclusions and recommendations of the State Audit on amending and supplementing mechanisms and policies for the State budget settlement report in 2023 and previous years (if any and not yet implemented).

The implementation results must be sent to the Ministry of Finance (Legal Department) before November 15, 2025 for synthesis and reporting to the Government and the National Assembly Standing Committee within the prescribed time limit; at the same time, continue to update until December 31, 2025 and send additional information before January 31, 2026.

The Ministry of Finance also emphasized the responsibility of units, especially the merged ministries, branches and localities, to proactively accept new functions and tasks and fully implement audit recommendations in the assigned management areas. In case of delay or non-implementation, the Ministry will synthesize and report to the Prime Minister according to the provisions of Directive 22.

In parallel, the Ministry of Finance also regularly urges and guides localities to implement thematic audit recommendations. Specifically, with the Audit Report of the National Target Program on New Rural Development for the 2021-2025 period in Dak Nong province (now Lam Dong) according to Document No. 124/KTNN-TH dated July 28, 2025, the Ministry has sent a document to the People's Committee of Lam Dong province requesting the organization to seriously implement the recommendations and send the results to the State Audit, the Ministry of Finance and the State Treasury for monitoring.

Similarly, with Document No. 80/KTNN-TH dated June 27, 2025 on thematic audit of investment, application of information technology software and the Project on population stabilization, socio-economic development of the Son La hydropower resettlement area in Dien Bien province, the Ministry of Finance requested the Provincial People's Committee to urgently deploy and report the implementation results according to the provisions of the State Audit Law.

The Ministry also requested ministries, branches and localities to proactively improve mechanisms and policies for management and use of financial resources - budget, public investment and public assets; at the same time, report implementation results to the Ministry of Finance for synthesis and reporting to the Government, the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly, ensuring progress, quality and transparency of information.

Many ministries, branches and localities proactively overcome limitations.

Not only the Ministry of Finance, many other agencies and units have also issued specific plans, clearly assigning responsibilities, deadlines and mechanisms to monitor the progress of implementing audit recommendations.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is one of the early implementing units. Pursuant to Official Dispatch No. 23/KTNN-CNVI dated March 14, 2025 of the State Audit Office on the results of the thematic audit of electricity price management in the period 2022-2023, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien directly directed and assigned Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Long to be in charge of reviewing and handling the responsibilities of relevant collectives and individuals.

The Electricity Authority was assigned to act as the focal point to advise and rectify shortcomings, and at the same time direct the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) and the National Electricity System and Market Operation Company Limited (NSMO) to implement the audit conclusions. The Ministry Office plays the role of focal point to urge, summarize results, ensure progress and seriousness in the implementation process.

Locally, the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee has proactively issued a plan to implement audit recommendations based on Official Dispatch No. 141/KTNN-TH dated August 11, 2025 of the State Audit Office on local budget audit in 2024. The Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches and units to overcome limitations, handle violations, recover and pay to the budget nearly 990 million VND spent in violation of regulations.

The Department of Finance was assigned to review and arrange 256 unused or ineffectively used houses and lands, and advise on plans to handle public assets. The Red Cross and the Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin were asked to rearrange funds in accordance with regulations. Departments and branches such as Agriculture, Environment, and Tax of Gia Lai province were required to rectify the process of appraising and approving environmental protection fee levels.

In the central agency block, Ho Chi Minh City National University has directed its member units to review and adjust financial reports, review the collective and individual responsibilities involved; the results are summarized in Official Dispatch No. 2155/DHQG-TC dated September 30, 2025 sent to the State Audit Office.

Regarding the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN), the Ministry of Finance issued Official Dispatch No. 46/KTNN-TH dated July 10, 2025 requesting the Group's Board of Members to strictly implement the audit conclusions, adjust the 2024 financial statements, fully pay the amount discovered by the State Audit to the state budget, and at the same time review and handle collective and individual responsibilities according to regulations.

The actions taken by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee, Ho Chi Minh City National University, PVN and many other localities demonstrate a serious spirit, responsibility and high determination in implementing audit recommendations. This is an important step to overcome limitations, improve management mechanisms, improve the efficiency of using the budget and public assets, and affirm the role of the State Audit in promoting financial discipline and transparency in public activities./.

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