ENHANCING APPLICATION OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY IN OPERATION OF
THE STATE AUDIT OFFICE OF VIET NAM
OVERVIEW OF E-GOVERNMENT IN VIET NAM
e-Government
• A government of which all activities are "electronic", "digital"
• A comprehensive renewal of relations (especially the relation between the government and citizens), resources, processes, operation methods, and the content of activities performed by the central and local governments
- to promote efficient operation of the government and wider participation of the citizen;
- to improve productivity and efficiency of governmental agencies;
- to improve the quality of life for communities in remote area.
MILESTONES OF E-GOVERNMENT IN VIET NAM
2003 - 2005
2006 - 2009
2010 - 2013
- An early stage, developing e-Government in Viet Nam- Enact the Law on IT;
- Implement Program of IT applications period 2007-2010
- Develop the National Programme for IT applications in the operation of state agencies period 2011-2015
Compared with regional
countries, Viet Nam ranks:
• 4th in Southeast Asia.
•12/27 in Asia-Pacific area.
RESULTS OF E-GOVERNMENT IN VIET NAM
APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN
AUDIT ACTIVITIES OF THE SAV
IT INFRASTRUCTURE
Establishment of IT Center (2002);
Head office and regional offices had LAN (2004);
Safety and security system at the Head office;
IT equipment for SAV staff
IT APPLICATIONS
Business administrative accounting software (MISA, IMAX, DSACC, ACNET..);
Tracking leadership direction software (2009);
Document management software (2009);
Software on management of state property registration (2009);
Software on management of staff profiles (2010);
System of legal documents database ;
System of audit objects database (2003);
Software on consolidation of audit results (2012);
Software on Audit log (2013);
IT HUMAN RESOURCE
IT management: IT leadership, IT specialized unit
IT staff: IT officials from IT Center.
IT application skills: Microsoft office, local network, internet, e-mail, accounting software, construction estimation software
Training and retraining: in-house training, programs of INTOSAI, ASOSAI...
EVALUATION
• Achievement: To meet basic needs of Internet access, data sharing, using simple software, reducing administrative
procedures.
• Limitation: The elements of IT infrastructure are not fully invested in a synchronous and modern way.
IT infrastructure
• Achievement: The software basically meets current demands, but at simple level only.
• Limitation: The software development has not been approached holistically, logically in a long term.
IT applications
• Achievement: The IT team is young, highly qualified and trained appropriate with the assigned tasks.
• Limitation: Lack of highly technical knowledge, skills of IT applications are simple and unqualified to audit in IT
environment.
IT human resources
Development
of
SAV
Auditing
Standards in line with the ISSAIs
(SAS):
SAS on auditing risk: SAS 1315, 1330;
SAS on auditing materiality: SAS 1320;
SAS on audit sampling: SAS 1530.
IT APPLICATION IN THE AUDIT ACTIVITIES OF THE
SAV
IT APPLICATION IN THE AUDIT ACTIVITIES OF THE SAV
FPT Jsc.
Big 4
INTOSAI,
ASOSAI
SAV Development Strategy by 2020 • Activity 4: “IT applications in the operation of the SAV”
SAV Strategic Plan for period 2013-2017 • Strategic goal 8: “Strengthening IT applications in the operation of the SAV”
Master plan for IT development of the SAV for period 2015-2020
• Objectives:
“Strengthening IT applications in the operation of the SAV to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency and gradual
modernization of the SAV; meet the
requirements of international economic integration in line with international principles and
practices and actual conditions of VN”.
IT application
IT infrastructure
IT human resource
• By 2020: 100% of internal documents are archived, over 90% of official documents will be exchanged electronically.
• Wide area network (WAN) will be built to connect local area network (LANs) together. Constructing
security system at a high level. 100% of the employees are fully equipped with IT equipment for their job.
• Developing adequate and high quality IT human resource to meet the requirements of management.
MASTER PLAN FOR IT DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAV FOR
PERIOD 2015-2020
The solutions on
strengthening IT
application of the SAV by the year 2020
1 Solutions on IT overall model of the SAV (5-layer
model): Users; Web portal; Application software; Database; Infrastructure.
2 Solutions on IT applications: construction and
application of software group for internal direction and management; for auditing activities...
3 Solutions on IT infrastructure: Comprehensive solution,
building a data center; building WAN network, equipping workstations and peripherals...
4 Solutions on IT human resources: development of IT
team; training and technology transfer. Groups of
solution
MASTER PLAN FOR IT DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAV FOR
PERIOD 2015-2020
1. Require determination of leaders, commitment and jointly implementation throughout the sector.
2. Comprehensive implementation of IT infrastructure, IT applications and IT human resources.
3. Strengthening the exchange and sharing of experience in IT application (in-house, ASOSAI, INTOSAI...).
4. Collaboration with ministries and FPT Jsc. 5. Cooperation with donors such as WB, EU,
GIZ...
1. Organize training courses on IT, auditing in IT environment, IT audit;
2. Organize workshops, seminars on IT, IT applications, auditing in IT environment, IT audit.
3. Technical assistance: modern audit methods; development and implementation of the SAS; development of technical software.
4. A bridge connecting the SAV and international donors.
