Aug 07, 2021
THE value of export to Viet Nam in the past seven months (October-April) of the current financial year 2020-2021 exceeded US$150 million while import was valued at only $25 million, according to the data of the Ministry of Commerce.
Aug 06, 2021
A man was killed in an assassination attempt by two terrorists dressed in PPE in Hline Township, Yangon Region yesterday afternoon. Terrorist extremists are targeting areas that are under the COVID-19 disease control, ignoring the humanitarian acts and the pandemic. In addition, they are approaching innocent civilians by pretending to be volunteers in relief work, wearing a PPE and carrying out brutal assassinations.
Aug 06, 2021
THE Ministry of Commerce is making continuous efforts to ensure anti-COVID-19 medicines, equipment, and necessary medical supplies are being shipped from overseas, loosening restrictions to facilitate imports, in collaboration with relevant ministries and providing continuous import on a daily basis.
Aug 06, 2021
THE Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce (UMFCCI) met with its affiliated associations on 4 August at the UMFCCI headquarters regarding the price stability of the commodity and smooth freight flow in the country.
Aug 06, 2021
THE ASEAN-Canada Ministerial Meeting was held yesterday morning at 7:30 am via videoconference. The meeting was CoChaired by Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Honorable Marc Garneau. Foreign Ministers and their representative from the ASEAN Member States and the Secretary-General of ASEAN also attended the Meeting.
Aug 06, 2021
BENGALI-LANGUAGE speakers in Buthidaung, Maungtaw and Yathedaung townships in Rakhine State were provided with May Yu FM Radios under the ASEAN-ROK Fund on the Repatriation of Displaced Persons in Rakhine State yesterday morning.
Aug 06, 2021
THE Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from China are distributed to the regions and states from Yangon by the cold chain delivery logistics vehicles, Tatmadaw aircraft and helicopters.
Aug 05, 2021
THE value of bilateral trade between Myanmar and the Republic of Korea in the past seven months (October-April) of the 2020-2021 financial year stood at US$449.98 million, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce. Imports surpassed export in Myanmar’s trade with South Korea, with exports registered at $183.95 million and imports valued at $266 million.
Aug 05, 2021
THE onion market remains inactive as the foreign demand has dried up, stated onion traders.
Aug 05, 2021
THE guileful nature of COVID-19’s third wave is now apparently at its peak. The world is also facing high rate of infection and death. Since the mid of July, the death rate of the pandemic has increased to 30 per cent and the average death rate of COVID-19 in Indonesia is reportedly around 1,300 per day. The primary reason of having high rate of infection and death is found out to be the new variants of virus. The neighbours and regional countries are also being severely impacted by the new variants of virus.