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Smart & Eco City in Yangon
10/11/19
YANGON Govern-ment that had pro-jects both in and at the outer rim of the city had posted all the projects in Yangon Project Bank. Of the 80 projects posted, one was an industrial zone by a Thai com-pany in Dagon Myothit (East) and Dagon Myothit (South) townships.
500 hot air balloons to be released on Nov. fullmoon day in Yangon
10/11/19
Yangon will host the first hot air balloon festival, in which 500 hot air balloons will be released on 11 November, the day of the fullmoon of Tazaungmon in Inya Lake, Yangon.
Voices of vacationers during Tazaungdaing holidays
10/11/19
I’ll pay homage to Magway Myathalun Pagoda with my parents and then visit my friends later in the evening when there will be oil lamp floating festival in Magway Town.
Fifth Irrawaddy Literary Festival opens in Mandalay
10/11/19
Opening ceremony of Fifth Irrawaddy Literary Festival was held in Mercure Hotel at the foot of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay yesterday morning.
Union Minister for Information inspects construction of Community Centre in Patheingyi
10/11/19
Union Minister for Information Dr Pe Myint arrived at Mandalay Region Patheingyi Township Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD) yesterday afternoon and inspected the construction of a Community Centre and a hall.
Union Attorney-General attends 12th ASEAN-China Prosecutors-General Conference
10/11/19
Union Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo attended the 12th ASEAN-China Prosecutors-General Conference held at Siem Reap, Cambodia from 6 to 7 November.
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi opens religious building in Mogok, meets local people
10/11/19
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi accompanied by Union Ministers Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe, Lt-Gen Ye Aung, U Min Thu, Dr Win Myat Aye, U Ohn Win and officials left Nay Pyi Taw by special flight and arrived at the Mandalay International Airport yesterday morning.
Myanmar moves to put thanaka on UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list
10/11/19
Efforts are on to put thanaka, which is a distinctive feature of Myanmar culture, on the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list for the first time, said U Kyaw Lwin Oo, director-general of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, at the Thanaka Conference held in Monywa.
Focusing only on one community is not a sustainable answer to complex issue
10/11/19
During the ARSA terrorist attacks in 2017 in Rakhine State, local people fled their homes, and since then there have also been people who sought shelter in the homes of their closest relatives, but did not flee to the neighbouring country.
Manaung Island’ traditions gradually become almost extinct
10/11/19
Manaung Island is separately situated in the Bay of Bengal with a peculiar custom. Ancient people who would become Manaung Islanders had probably crossed from the nearest Yanbye town and the Rakhine coastal regions.
