Announcing the Decision on Auditing and Finalizing Nghe An Budget in 2023
On the afternoon of September 26, the People's Committee of Nghe An province coordinated with the State Audit Office of Region II to announce the decision to audit the 2023 local budget settlement report of Nghe An province.
Co-chairing the announcement ceremony were comrade Ha Thi My Dung - Deputy State Auditor General and comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee.
Also attending were representatives of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, a number of relevant departments and branches of Nghe An province and members of the State Audit delegation..
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On behalf of the working delegation, Deputy State Auditor General Ha Thi My Dung stated the requirements, tasks and guiding viewpoints of the State Auditor General when developing an audit plan for the budget settlement reports of localities in 2023 in general and Nghe An province in particular.
The difference with auditing public assets or auditing works, projects...; auditing budget settlement reports is a comprehensive audit, so the records, reports and documents are fully provided from the beginning; the audit team is divided into groups and the working process of the working groups at the departments and branches must have smooth and scientific coordination; providing settlement report documents right from the beginning, so it is recommended that the Provincial People's Committee direct and thoroughly disseminate them so that the departments and branches can fully understand.
(Excerpt from the speech of Ms. Ha Thi My Dung - Deputy State Auditor General at the announcement ceremony)
Next, on behalf of the State Auditor General, the representative of the Chief Auditor of Region II announced the Decision to Audit the Local Budget Settlement Report for Nghe An province in 2023. Accordingly, the audit content is the budget estimate work, budget management work and the work of synthesizing and preparing the local budget settlement report; the audit scope is the 2023 budget year and related previous and subsequent periods of the audit units.
The audited units are the Department of Finance, Department of Planning and Investment, Tax Department, Customs Department, and Provincial State Treasury. The audit period is within 30 days from the date of announcement of the decision.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province shared the difficulties with the departments and branches. He also noted the difference of this State audit round: the audit of the State budget at the local level and related departments and branches in the financial sector, so there was no confusion like other audits.

Agreeing with the proposal of the working group, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An said that this is a channel to assess and evaluate the capacity of budget management and administration; the actual management process may have problems, which are suitable for local practices but not yet regulated by law. Therefore, the results of the assessment and appraisal of the delegation will help the People's Council and People's Committee of Nghe An province to perfect the budget management mechanism; propose amendments to have solutions to manage the budget in accordance with the provisions of law and more practical requirements./
