Need To Strengthen Control Over Incoming United States AID Cargoes In Vietnam

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the effectiveness of the security and accountability controls over the hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of economic assistance program commodities arriving in Vietnam yearly, focusing on the: (1) extent of commodity losses resulting from diversions or other causes; (2) status of the backlog of commodities stored in and around the various ports in Vietnam; and (3) availability and reliability of management information on the status of commodities in the pipeline and commodity arrivals in country.