Chapter VI
ACCOUNTING, STATISTICAL AND AUDITING REGIMES AND FINANCIAL REPORTS
Article 30.- Accounting regime
Insurance enterprises and insurance brokerage enterprises shall have to make full inscriptions on initial vouchers, update accounting books and reflect their economic and financial activities in a comprehensive, prompt, truthful, accurate and objective manner.
Article 31.- Fiscal year
A fiscal year of an insurance enterprise or insurance brokerage enterprise starts on January 1 and ends on December 31 of the same calendar year. The first fiscal year of an insurance enterprise or insurance brokerage enterprise starts on the date it is granted the establishment and operation license and ends on the last day of the same year.
Article 32.- Financial reports
1. Insurance enterprises and insurance brokerage enterprises shall have to make and send their financial reports, statistical reports, periodical and extraordinary professional operation reports according to the provisions of the current laws and the Finance Ministry’s guidance.
2. Annual financial reports of insurance enterprises and insurance brokerage enterprises must be audited and certified by independent auditing organizations lawfully operating in Vietnam before being submitted to the Finance Ministry.
3. Besides reports prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, foreign-invested insurance enterprises and insurance brokerage enterprises shall, within 180 days after the end of a fiscal year, have to send their annual financial reports of foreign insurance enterprises and foreign insurance brokerage enterprises to the Finance Ministry.
Article 33.- Publicizing financial reports
Within 120 days after the end of a fiscal year, insurance enterprises and insurance brokerage enterprises shall have to publicize their financial reports according to the provisions of law.
Article 34.- Financial examination and inspection
The Finance Ministry shall conduct the examination and inspection of the observance of the financial regime by insurance enterprises and insurance brokerage enterprises.