Feb 06, 2020
PRESIDENT U Win Myint left Nay Pyi Taw by a special military flight and arrived in Heho, Shan State (South), yesterday morning. He was accompanied by Union Ministers Lt-Gen Ye Aung, Dr Aung Thu, U Ohn Win, U Win Khaing, U Ohn Maung, Chief of Myanmar Police Force Police Lt-Gen Aung Win Oo and officials.
Feb 06, 2020
PYITHU Hluttaw held the 4th day meeting of 15th regular session yesterday.
MP U Sai Tun Aye from Mongshu constituency asked about enforcing arm acts in Shan State and drafting such new laws that can cover the entire country.
Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Aung Thu replied the Arms Act (1878) came into effect on 1 October in 1878 in Taunggyi, Kalaw, Lashio, Thipaw, Aungpan, Nyaungshwe, Loilem, Kyaukme, Panglong, Mongnai, Kengtung municipal areas under its Act No. 246, land areas of Myanma Railways and Loimwe.
Feb 06, 2020
THE Second Amyotha Hluttaw organized the 4th day meeting of 15th regular session yesterday.
Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than announced substitutions of two Hluttaw committee members with the approval of Hluttaw: to substitute Major Zawana with Brigadier General Zaw Myint San for Amyotha Hluttaw International Relations, Inter-parliament Friendship and Cooperation Committee, and Colonel Kaung Kyaw with Brigadier General Nay Myo Aung for the Amyotha Hluttaw Public Complaint Committee.
Feb 05, 2020
VICE President U Henry Van Thio visited Gyeongbokgung Palace, NamSan Seoul Tower, Seoul Waterworks Authority and Waterworks Museum as part of his visit to Seoul, the Republic of Korea, yesterday and also met with staff of the Myanmar Embassy.
The Vice President was accompanied by Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko and officials as they made their way to Gyeongbokgung Palace by motorcade in the morning. They were given a tour of the palace by an expert.
Feb 05, 2020
UNION Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe presided over a meeting of health authorities on monitoring and preventive measures against 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), held at his office in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Feb 05, 2020
THE Joint Committee on Scrutinizing Second Bill Amending 2008 Constitution held a meeting at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw building in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
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.