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120 Myanmar citizens fly back home from abroad
01/12/20
A total of 120 Myanmar citizens arrived back home by an MAI relief flight organized by Myanmar embassies in Washington and Seoul via Incheon International Airport yesterday evening.
Engineers born of the University of Yangon
01/12/20
Most people in Myanmar nowadays would link engineering graduates to the Institutes of Technologies in the various engineering fields. But engineering graduates prior to 1963, were born of the University of Yangon (at that time University of Rangoon).
Community-Based Tourism can help drive post-COVID-19 tourism recovery
01/12/20
With the good news of COVID-19 vaccines arriving recently, people in the world are in a wait-and-watch mode to start travel and to resume their businesses.
MoI minister gives video speech to copyright webinar on literary works
01/12/20
Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint delivered his video speech to the ‘Overview of Copyright and Related Rights in Myanmar Webinar’ on 29 November evening. In his speech, the Union Minister emphasized the importance of awareness programme for literary copyrights and broader aspect of the related rights for the writers whose artistic creations are used in movies, e-books and so on.
MSWRR organizes virtual meeting on helping volunteers in COVID-19 response
01/12/20
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement yesterday afternoon organized a virtual meeting to support volunteers involved in the COVID-19 response efforts. The virtual meeting was attended by Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye, in his capacity as the Secretary of the National Volunteers Steering Unit, his Deputy Minister U Soe Aung, the Directors-General, Directors, officials from the Myanmar Medical Association and members of Youth Affairs Committee.
Myanmar-Korea Friendship Bridge (Dala) Project 20 per cent completed
01/12/20
The Myanmar-Korea Friendship Bridge (Dala), which crosses the Yangon River and will link Lanmadaw Township to Dala Township in Yangon Region, is under construction, and about 20 per cent of all the construction works have been completed, according to the bridge construction project committee’s office.
Traffic fatality rate highest in Yangon Region during Jan-Oct
01/12/20
The fatality rate related to road accidents is reported the highest in Yangon Region between January and October 2020, according to the Road Transport Administration Department.
Museums to limit visitors when reopening allowed
01/12/20
If museums were allowed to reopen, they would open their doors to the limited number of museum visitors, according to the Department of Archaeology & National Museum under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture.
Domestic gold prices keep sliding tracking global cues
01/12/20
Following a weak trend in the global market, the gold price is likely to extend its drop in the domestic market, the gold traders said.
Agricultural exports show increase amid COVID-19 crisis
01/12/20
The agricultural exports showed a remarkable increase of $68.5 million over the past month in the current financial year despite a drastic drop in overall export values amid the infection surge of COVID-19.
