Saudi Arabian audit president called on to share experience

HA NOI — National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday said he hoped Saudi Arabia would share its experience with the Vietnamese audit agency, especially in human resources training.

He was speaking with Osama Jafar Faquih, President of Saudi Arabia's General Auditing Bureau, on the latter's official visit to Viet Nam to attend the 42th meeting of Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) in Ha Noi to be held next Wednesday and Thursday.

Trong said close relations in this field would contribute considerably to the bilateral ties of Viet Nam and Saudi Arabia.

For his part, Osama said he believed the recent visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to his country was an important milestone that had opened many opportunities of trade and investment co-operation between the two countries.

On the same day, Osama met with Viet Nam's Auditor General Vuong Dinh Hue in an official dialogue. This was the first bilateral meeting in the 42th meeting of the Asian audit organisation.

At the meeting, the two sides briefed each other of the achievements and plans of the state audit of each country. Hue informed Osama of the State Audit Development Strategy to 2020 that had been approved by the National Assembly and was being implemented.

Osama congratulated Viet Nam on the achievements it made in the audit sector in the past 16 years.

The two sides also agreed on supporting each other in international activities within the framework of the Asian audit organisation and the Saudis affirmed support of Viet Nam in the preparation for organisation of ASOSAI II in 2015.

Visits by high ranking officials would be organised to foster the relation between the two countries in this field, especially in environment, information technology and internal audit, which are the strengths of Saudi's General Auditing Bureau, Osama said. — VNS