(KPL) President of the State Audit Organization of the Lao PDR Viengthavisone Thephachan received Vice Presidents Pham Tien Dung of Viet Nam’s Regional State Audit Office I in Hanoi and Nguyen Huu Tri of Regional State Audit Office VIII in Nha Trang, together with their delegation, in Vientiane on September 14, 2026.

The visit aims to strengthen cooperation between the State Audit Organizations of Laos and Viet Nam, particularly between their regional and local audit offices. The delegation is scheduled to hold bilateral discussions and exchange professional experience with the Southern Regional State Audit Office in Champasak Province from September 15–18.

During the meeting, Mr. Viengthavisone commended the two Vietnamese regional audit offices for their cooperation in strengthening the professional capacity of Lao auditors. He noted that the offices had hosted delegations from the Northern Regional Audit Office 1 and the Southern Regional Audit Office of Laos and shared auditing expertise during exchanges in 2024 and 2025.

He also expressed appreciation to the Vietnamese Government and State Audit Organization for their continued support and cooperation. In June 2026, President of the State Audit Organization of Viet Nam Ngo Van Quyet led a delegation to Laos for an official bilateral visit and experience exchange and presented an LED display system to the Lao State Audit Organization.

The two sides exchanged information on socio-economic development and recent achievements in state auditing and discussed future cooperation, including regular exchanges between regional audit offices and expanded professional capacity-building.

The Lao side proposed that the Vietnamese regional audit offices continue supporting Lao counterparts through information sharing, training courses, seminars and the deployment of experienced auditors for practical, on-site audit work in areas of mutual interest.

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