The National Assembly Standing Committee on October 6 began its 32ndsession at the new National Assembly House, which is receiving finaltouch before officially being put into operation after five years ofconstruction.

Opening the session, NA ChairmanNguyen Sinh Hung emphasized the importance of the 32nd meeting as itwill finalise the content for the upcoming 8th NA plenary meeting laterthis month.

On the first working day, the NAStanding Committee examined the auditing plan for next year submitted bythe Chief State Auditor, which will focus on the implementation of NAresolutions and the Government’s management in the fields of Statebudget and investment. The operation of State-owned enterprises andfinancial-banking organisations is also a point of attention, as is anumber of projects of public interest.

The StateAudit Office also reported that by September 30 it had conducted 143 outof 186 audits planned for the year, or 76.9 percent of the yearly plan.

NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu suggested that theauditing plan should keep close to the NA’s supervision plan and paygreater attention to socio-economic projects approved by the NA.

Participants also recommended that the State Audit Office play a moreactive role in the auditing of activities of foreign businesses whichregularly report losses or show signs of transfer pricing, causinglosses to the State budget.

The same day, the committee scrutinized the draft law on promulgation of legal documents.-VNA