World AIDS Day celebrated at Amyotha Hluttaw
Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than posing for a group photo at world AIDS Day. WORLD AIDS Day 2016 was celebrated at the Amyotha Hluttaw Building in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. This year’s...
View ArticleVice President addresses meeting on economic development
Vice President U Myint Swe speaking at UMFCCI meeting. National reconciliation, the achievement of balanced development between Regions and States, the emergence of well-qualified younger generations...
View ArticleLand in Hlaing, dam in Shan State discussed by Union ministers
A former playground in Hlaing Township and a dam in Shan State were among the issues discussed at the Pyithu Hluttaw session yesterday. In response to a question raised by a representative, the Union...
View ArticleDeputy Minister vows to make Hpa-an Industrial Zone a success
The Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Maung Maung Win promised to make Hpa-an Industrial Zone a success at the Amyotha Hluttaw Session yesterday. The progress of Hpa-an Industrial Zone has...
View ArticleMosaic of Scenes in Maungtaw
Woman sells the flowers to customers in Maungtaw district, It has been nearly two months since the violent armed attacks occurred in Maungtaw district, Rakhine State. In this time we have the area...
View ArticleMuse border trade value drops by over US$ 210 million
A panoramic view shows 105-mile Trade Zone, Muse, Northern Shan State. THE TRADE value of Muse border trade camp over the past eight months declined to over US$3.2 billion from US$3.411 billion last...
View ArticleVice President U Henry Van Thio attends Mingalarbar Cultural Festival
Vice President cutting the ribbon to open the festival. People of Myanmar always appreciate the friendship with the people of France, Vice President U Henry Van Thio said in his opening speech at the...
View ArticleDelegation led by Kofi Annan, chairman of Advisory Commission On Rakhine...
Kofi Annan and commission members being greeted upon arrival at Sittwe. The delegation led by Kofi Annan, chairman of the advisory commission on Rakhine State and former secretary-general of the United...
View ArticleDefence minister urges Pyithu Hluttaw to announce four armed groups as...
Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe told the Pyithu Hluttaw session yesterday that four armed groups that launched attacks in Shan State including the KIA, the MNDAA, the TNLA and the AA...
View ArticleSenior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses the Parade held in Honour of the...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services addressed the parade held in honour of the graduation ceremony of 58th Intake of Defense Service Academy held at the parade...
View ArticleMinistry of Foreign Affairs issues press release on State Counsellor’s...
The following is an unofficial translation of the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the official visit of the State Counsellor to Singapore. 1. At the invitation of Prime Minister of...
View ArticleState Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi enjoys breakfast hosted by Minister for...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visiting Grim Moh Hawker Center & Market, Singapore. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, who is currently in...
View ArticleHong Kong tops oil and gas investment list
Yedagun offshore natural gas rig. A total of 19 countries have made over US$20 billion worth investments in the oil and natural gas sector, according to the the Directorate of Investment and Company...
View ArticleRice growers ask for extension of repayment period to Kayin State government
A female farmer harvests rice grown in irrigated field Monday, July 5, 2010, in a town near Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. LOCAL rice growers recently asked for the extension of a repayment period to the Kayin...
View ArticleProspect of Maungtaw Trade Zone Development
The newly built jetty in Kanyinchaung trade zone. So as to gain sustainable peace and stability in Maungtaw region, Rakhine State, plans for the development of the area are underway. Being a border...
View ArticleNew bridge allows vehicles to resume travel
Preparations being seen to build the Bailey bridge. A new bailey bridge built side-by-side with Swumlon Bridge on the Muse-Lashio Union Expressway, which had been damaged by a mine, has enabled...
View ArticleHomage paid to doyen writers on Myanmar Sarsodaw Day
Doyen laterati at the homage-paying ceremony on Sarsodaw Day. Dr Pe Myint, Union Minister for Information, U Phyo Min Thein, Chief Minister of the Yangon Region Cabinet, Yangon Mayor U Maung Maung Soe,...
View ArticleInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities – 2016 held in Nay Pyi Taw
Children from schools for the disabled entertaining guests with performance of national races on International Day of the Persons with Disabilities. Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs U Naing Thet Lwin...
View ArticlePeace Commission succeeds in withdrawal of Wa troops from Mongla area
Officials of Peace Commission responding media questions at the press conference. The delegation of the Peace Commission was able to defuse tension between Wa Special Region (2) and Mongla Special...
View ArticleReading of contemporary historical literature, day 3 held
Dr Pe Myint, Union Minister for Information, attended the ceremony for the paper reading on contemporary historical literature and the winter season book fair festival held yesterday morning, the...
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