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Feb 09, 2020
PRE-EVENT dinner marking the 6th Japan-Myanmar Festival 2020 was held at Park Royal Hotel in Yangon at 7 pm yesterday.
Chief Minister of Yangon Region U Phyo Min Thein, Deputy Minister for Information and Ambassador of Japan to Myanmar Mr. Ichiro Maruyama extended greetings at the dinner.
Feb 09, 2020
FOREIGN embassies’ officials and their family members led by Union Minister U Kyaw Tin of the Ministry of International Cooperation went on a diplomatic tour from 8 to 10 February to see the natural sceneries, cultural entities, and development progress in Dawei city, Myeik Archipelago and their vicinities of the Taninthayi Region.
The diplomatic delegation left Yangon for Dawei by Myanmar Airways yesterday morning. Responsible personnel of the Taninthayi Region greeted them at Dawei airport.
Feb 08, 2020
THE Central Committee on Monitoring and Prevention of 2019 Novel Coronavirus held its daily coordination meeting (11/2020) at the Ministry of Health and Sports yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw.
Speaking at the meeting, Union Minister for Health Dr Myint Htwe appreciated the China’s treatment to patients who have positive for the disease as the mortality rate is just two per cent.
The number of infection rate is still higher in China and over 28,000 people have been infected with the Corona virus so far.
Feb 08, 2020
(1) The Ministry of Health and Sports is setting up 24-hour hotlines in their concentrated efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). These tasks include receiving public reports and conducting field checks, disseminating genuine news, sharing health information, and monitoring news circulating on social media and the Internet. From among them:
Feb 08, 2020
DEPUTY Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win met with General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff at the temporary lounge of the Indian Chief of Army Staff at the DefExpo India-2020 on 6 February.
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Feb 07, 2020
THE closing ceremony of Ethnics Culture Festival 2020 was held at the Kyaikasan Ground in Yangon yesterday evening.
Theme song “Land of National People” was presented with a background video.
Feb 07, 2020
THE President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has appointed U Aung Myo Myint, Director-General of Strategic Studies and Training Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta.
MNA
Ref: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Feb 07, 2020
U MYINT LWIN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of Turkey, presented his Credentials to Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey on 4 February 2020 in Ankara.
MNA
Ref: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Feb 07, 2020
THE delegation of the Union Election Commission led by its Chairman U Hla Thein left for the Republic of India yesterday as study tour till 12 February on observing Delhi Legislative Assembly elections to be held on 8 February.
The UEC delegation was seen off at Yangon International Airport by officials from Indian Embassy in Yangon, UEC Office and Yangon Region Sub-Election Commission. UEC Chairman is accompanied by officials from the commission.
MNA
(Translated by TTN)
PHOTO: MNA
Feb 07, 2020
CONTRACTS were signed with a private firm to construct the bridges of Gyaing (Zathabyin) and Gyaing (Ahtayan) which are included in the package-2 under the project to upgrade three bridges on East-West Economic Corridor implemented by the Bridge Department under the Ministry of Construction with the ODA loan of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).