Received: 06-07-2021 / Accepted: 09-12-2021
The study described the current status of accounting activities in agricultural cooperatives and identified errors and shortcomings existing in the accounting activities of those cooperatives, thereby proposed remedial solutions as "lessons" for other cooperatives inside and outside the province. The survey was conducted on 58 agricultural cooperatives in An Giang province. The research results showed that (i) the cooperatives’ accountants were mainly part-time, the rate of untrained was still high; (ii) accounting documents has not updated or applied incompletely and in accordance with the current regulations on financial report; (iii) some accounting operations were not recorded, information was omitted or some items were incorrectly presented in the financial report; (iv) the inspection and control of cooperatives was still formal and ineffective. In order to overcome these shortcomings, cooperatives and supporters need to focus on improving management capacity and strengthening training more on accounting activities, development of business and production plans, market access, knowledge and practice of financial management, internal control, and prioritization of specialized people in the cooperatives.