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Application of remote sensing technology in auditing mining activities of SAV

  • Writer: Green Movement
    Green Movement
  • Mar 25, 2021
  • 4 min read

SAV was founded in 1994. Up to now, investigations have been performed more routinely and of greater quality, exposing numerous breaches in the utilization of national funds. The state budget, which has recovered thousands of billions of VND per year, has added to the financial system's transparency.


Currently, auditing in the field of mineral exploration is done in an organized way, with thematic audits being performed, with higher-performing thematic audits yielding promising results. However, the main culprit in the mining sector, which is considered a significant audit operation, including illicit logging and property depletion, is likely to occur. These mistakes are evidently attributed to the lack of use of methods for correctly assessing mine borders and mined minerals. This article suggests the use of remote sensing technologies, which can take pictures of the model and precisely assess the mining limits and yields, so that auditors will spot discrepancies between estimated data and data declared and produced by audited agencies, pointing out breaches of illicit extraction and natural resource depletion by mining companies.


Increase transparency in resource management


Through an audit, the SAV has discovered and pointed out a series of inadequacies in the management and use of land, such as conflicts, overlaps, inconsistencies, and inconsistencies among legal documents. Much of the land allocated to SOEs have not been strictly managed, has not been used, or used ineffectively or for the right purposes; have not fully fulfilled financial obligations to the state budget. In many cases of land allocation with the immediate application of contractor appointment, the state budget is lost. The current methods of determining land prices still have many shortcomings and problems. Similarly, the management of natural resources and minerals is not strict, mineral exploration licenses are issued in contravention of the regulations, still exploit outside the licensed area; exploiting overcapacity; not fully implementing some contents of the environmental impact assessment report; Illegal mineral exploitation still exists in many places ... but the management agency has not promptly rectified it.



From the findings and assessment of the current situation, the SAV has made many recommendations on financial handling, recommendations to improve the management; At the same time, there are proposals for changes, amendments, and supplements to legal provisions in the management and use of land, natural resources and minerals. Through auditing activities, the SAV has contributed to improving transparency in the management of natural resources and minerals, contributing to improving and improving the efficiency of management in this field.


According to region X of SAV, besides sticking to the audit objectives, content; Determining the right focus and focus, the audit team can organize the audit to integrate into the local budget audits or organize the audit into a separate audit. However, it is necessary to combine all 3 forms of audit, which focus on compliance audit and operational audit to ensure the highest audit effectiveness.


Self-audit practice of compensation, site clearance, and resettlement, the representative of SAV region I, SAV area IV said that it is necessary to renew the audit approach and audit method. Instead of focusing solely on reports and documents provided by the entity, it is important that the organization collects information from a variety of sources such as field inspections, obtaining information from internal records of units in the SAV and in relevant units; Combined with the assessment of potentially high-risk content are issues of public concern.


Applying new technology to create a breakthrough in auditing activities


Among solutions implemented synchronously, the application of new technology in auditing activities in the field of natural resources and minerals is really making a breakthrough. According to the representative of Region VI State Audit, before the situation of natural resources was lost, the budget lost thousands of billion VND in royalties, while there was no effective method of managing the exploited output and the SAV VI has applied remote sensing technology to mineral mining audit. The comparison shows that the change of audit methods for this field has given breakthrough results with a huge increase in natural resource tax revenue compared to before.


Deputy State Auditor General Doan Xuan Tien assessed that the application of remote sensing technology to mineral mining audit is a new issue but has brought great success and the ability to widely apply this technology is complete. Feasibility. By using the calculation results of this technology, the SAV has pointed out the bases to define the exploitation boundary, the actual exploited output, prevent the risk of illegal exploitation, causing loss of resources, destroy the environment. However, to apply it successfully, it is necessary to have detailed and specific studies from the selection of technology to the development of suitable processes and procedures for each subject.


With the outstanding advantages of remote sensing technology, it can be seen that, by using the calculation results of this technology, the State Audit can point out the bases to determine the boundaries of exploitation and production of the actual amount of minerals that have been exploited, preventing the risk of illegal exploitation, causing loss of natural resources, destroying the environment. Thereby contributing to improving the effectiveness and efficiency in state management of mineral exploitation, helping the State Audit improve its role and voice in protecting public property of the country.


Le Thi Bao Uyen

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