Feb 05, 2020
FRENCH entrepreneurs met with their Myanmar counterparts at a business matching event organized on Monday at the headquarters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI).
The French businessmen were led by Mr Francois Corbin, President of the French-Myanmar Business Council and ASEAN Committee for MEDEF International. They were accompanied by the French ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Christian Lechervy.
Feb 05, 2020
UNION Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe urged his staff to continue raising high alert on the prevention of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Senior health officers and officials from relevant state departments held their daily coordination meeting 9/2020 in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
Feb 05, 2020
CHAIRMAN of the Union Election Commission U Hla Thein received a delegation led by Mr Tony Banbury, President of International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES), at his office in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Feb 05, 2020
MYANMAR has seen a decline of opium cultivation in 2019 to 33,100 hectares, which was over 11 per cent drop from 37,300 hectares in 2018, according to the Myanmar Opium Survey 2019 report released in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
The survey was jointly conducted by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) of Myanmar and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and it has been carried out annually since 2001, together with collecting socioeconomic data of locals in opium cultivation areas.
Feb 05, 2020
DR Shwe Hluan, the wife of Vice President U Henry Van Thio, visited Kachin Manaw event at the 2020 edition of Myanmar Ethnics Culture Festival in Yangon yesterday afternoon.
The event was also attended by Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs Nai Thet Lwin and wife, spouses of Union Ministers, Chairman and members of Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association and ethnic people at the festival.
Feb 04, 2020
The“ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” meeting was held at Hotel Amara in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
Feb 04, 2020
AN exhibition displaying the traditional products of ethnic nationals was opened at the Kyaikkasan Grounds in Yangon yesterday.
At the event, Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs Nai Thet Lwin, Akha Ethnic Affairs Minister U Arr Bay La, Bamar Ethnic Affairs Minister U Khin Maung Myint (a) U Deik, Chairman of Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association (MEEA) U Yaw Satt and officials cut ceremonial ribbons to mark the opening.
Feb 04, 2020
Peace negotiators agreed to continue implementation of 8th JICM resolutions.
Feb 04, 2020
UNION Election Commission Chairman U Hla Thein received the delegates of Myanmar Network Organization for Free and Fair Elections (MYNFREL) at his office in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. During the meeting, they discussed matters related to preparations for holding 2020 General Election in accordance with the norms of free, fair, transparent, credible and reflecting the will of people, raising voter awareness, courses on raising voter awareness that will be conducted by MYNFREL, and awareness programmes for checking the voters’ lists by the public to be accurate.
Feb 03, 2020
THE Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) held its first meeting yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw.
The meeting was attended by chairman of the central committee, Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin, and Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr. Myint Htwe.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss preparations and lay down plans for tackling challenges and dealing with the consequences of the outbreak in the long run, said committee chairman U Kyaw Tin.