Hanoi, Sept. 20 -- Experts discussed the role of the state audit in managing waste and wastewater towards sustainable development during a conference held on Hanoi on September 19.

The conference, held by the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), aimed at finding quality and effective measures for environmental audit, analysing and making clear the role of the SAV in environmental protection.

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Director of the SAV Doan Xuan Tien said sustainable development together with environmental protection was not only a national issue, but also a global issue.

In Vietnam, environmental protection was an inseparable part of the country's socio-economic development, he said.

In recent years, the SAV has conducted man...