In 2025, Malaysia was the president of ASEAN, and Malaysia's SAV was elected the Chairman of the ASEAN Audit Committee (AAC). As the President of AAC and the Chairman of the Committee shared knowledge of the Organization of the Supreme Auditing Audit Agencies Southeast Asia (ASEANSAI), Malaysia SAV organized a number of key activities, including the ASEAN Auditor Conference in 2025 (Leadership of the SAV) from May 27-28, 2025 in Malaysia chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister; The 50th meeting of the ASEAN Audit Committee (technical level) on 12.6.2025, in Indonesia.
The State Audit Development Strategy to 2030 identifies the key task of international cooperation as continuing to be a responsible member in building and implementing multilateral commitments and agreements; strengthening foreign relations and extensive cooperation with Supreme Audit agencies (SAIs) to demonstrate a leading role in the regional auditing community, and candidating for the role of independent auditors for international organizations, including ASEAN.
In 2025, as the Chairman of the ASEANSAI strategic planning committee, the Vietnamese SAV leads and coordinates with specialized committees to build and complete the ASEANSAA strategic plan for the period of 2026 - 2029, and develop a work plan for the committees for the period 2026 - 2027. These plans will be submitted at the ASEANSAI Congress in November 2025.
To ensure the close connection between ASEANSAI's work plan and general strategy, the State Audit of Vietnam is responsible for coordinating and guiding the Committees to implement activities such as capacity building, knowledge sharing and improving internal governance, closely following the principles, core values, mission and vision of the organization.
According to the plan, the leadership of 9 ASEANSAI members will attend the Conference, including representatives from Malaysian SAV (Chairman of the Committee for sharing knowledge), Philippines SAV (Chairman of the Training Committee) and Indonesian Audit (in charge of the role of the Secretariat).
On May 27 in Malaysia, the State Audit Working Group will attend the ASEAN Session, ASEAN Audit Conference and High-level Dialogue Session with the theme "Implementing audit recommendations: Effective tools to enhance public sector auditing activities", to contribute to realizing the theme of this year's conference: "Comprehensive and sustainable audit for a progressive ASEAN".
On May 28, the delegation continued to participate in discussion sessions with domestic and international speakers, representatives of the Malaysian Accounting Committee, and major auditing companies.
On May 29, the Deputy General Auditor of the State Ha Thi My Dung and the delegation will have a bilateral work with the SAV of Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia, in order to unify the working plan for the period of 2026 - 2027 and promote the completion of the ASEANSAI strategic plan 2026 - 2029.
This conference was accompanied by many professional organizations such as the Malaysian Institute of Accounting, the Malaysian Institute of Internal Auditing, the Notary Accounting Association and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Accountants. The event also had the participation of experts and representatives from major international auditing and financial institutions such as PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and the Securities Commission of Malaysia.
The high-level dialogue session on "Implementing auditing recommendations: Effective tools to enhance public sector auditing activities" will play a central role, contributing to the 2025 Work Plan of the ASEANSAI Knowledge Sharing Committee.
