The Working Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities organized its 2/2020 meeting via videoconferencing at the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on 6 October.

UNION Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint joined the Digital Media Trends and Opportunities Webinar organized by the formation committee on Myanmar Digital Media Association yesterday.

The Ministry of Information held an online meeting with the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China yesterday morning. The meeting was held between the two headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw and Beijing. Union Minister Dr Pe Myint, Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun, Permanent Secretary U Myo Myint Maung and officials took part in the discussions with Minister of CPC Central Committee Publicity Department Mr Huang Kunming, Vice-Minister and Chairman of the China Film Bureau Mr Wang Xiaohu, Vice-Minister of Culture and Tourism Mr Zhang Xu, and Vice-Minister of National Broadcast and Television Bureau Ms Meng Dong.

The School Textbook Printing Sub-Committee of the Ministry of Information and the School Textbook Distribution Sub-Committee of the Ministry of Education held a coordination meeting on inviting tenders for printing and distributing school textbooks for 2021-2022 Academic Year in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning via videoconferencing between the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Education.

UNION Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint met the persons related to media sector at the Central Press building of the Printing and Publishing Department (PPD) on Theinbyu Road in Yangon yesterday, and discussed the emergence of Myanmar Digital Media Association.

THE Ministry of Information has published the books on the reform processes of government.

The 8th Media Development Conference was held at Parkroyal Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw under COVID-19 prevention guidelines from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

The Ministry of Information’s School Textbook Printing Sub-committee organized a meeting with private printers on tender rules and contract guidelines for printing school textbooks for 2021-2022 academic year at the ministry in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

THE Ministry of Information hosted a workshop of representatives from the four pillars of democracy — the legislative, the administrative, the judiciary, and the media — yesterday morning — to discuss ways to promote balanced cooperation between the media and the three other pillars to provide reliable information to the people of Myanmar.

THE Ministry of Information is conducting the fifth course on research methodology, public relations and information management at the Max Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.