Vietnamese, Singaporean State Audit agencies strengthen cooperation
A delegation from the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), led by Deputy Auditor General Dang The Vinh, paid a working visit to the Auditor-General's Office of Singapore (AGO) on July 7 to promote cooperation and experience exchange between the two agencies.
A delegation from the State Audit Office of Vietnam held a working session with Auditor-General's Office of Singapore on July 7 (Photo: VNA)
Singapore (VNA) - A delegation from the State AuditOffice of Vietnam (SAV), led by Deputy Auditor General Dang The Vinh, paid a working visitto the Auditor-General's Office of Singapore (AGO) on July 7 to promotecooperation and experience exchange between the two agencies.
Ata meeting with AGO leaders, Vinh highly appreciated thecollaboration between the two countries' audit agencies over the past time. Heaffirmed that the SAV wishes to continue experience exchange and further promotecooperation with AGO, especially in the application of information technology anddigitisation in the field of auditing.
On behalf of the AGO, Deputy Auditor General of Singapore RinaChua expressed her hope that the two sides could open up new opportunities tofurther strengthen cooperation between the two audit agencies in the coming times.
At the session, they discussed the organisational model, functions,tasks and areas of operation of the two audit agencies, theprocess and experience of digital tr𒊎ansformation, and the application of information technology in auditing activities./.
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A delegation from the State Audit Office of Vietnam held a working session with Auditor-General's Office of Singapore on July 7 (Photo: VNA) 
