From April 14th to 18th, 2014, the 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and the 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA were held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, with the administrative support by the State Audit Office of Viet Nam. A total of 53 delegates from 19 countries, and 5 observers from Chair of INTOSAI WGEA, Chair of AFROSAI WGEA, CCAF-FCVI and GIZ attended the meetings.
On behalf of Mr. Liu Jiayi, the Chairman of ASOSAI WGEA and Auditor General of China, Dr. Dong Dasheng, the Deputy Auditor General of CNAO, delivered opening remarks and reported the work of ASOSAI WGEA in past two years. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Huu Van, Auditor General of State Audit Office of Vietnam, and the representative of the Chair of INTOSAI WGEA delivered welcome speech and congratulation remarks respectively.
A total of 19 papers were presented in the seminar around 3 themes: “Audit on Solid Waste”, “Research and Audit on Atmospheric Environment” and “Audit on Sustainable Energy”. The seminar has achieved fruitful results upon active participation by warm discussions and experiences exchange among the representatives. At the working meeting, the participants discussed and adopted 2014-2016 Working Plan of ASOSAI WGEA, and introduced two proposals of cooperative audit. The next seminar and working meeting will be hosted by SAI India in 2016.