Eight relief camps set up to house flood victims in Katha Twsp

Flood victims from wards and villages inundated by floodwaters from the Ayeyawady River were provided with relief items by the Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on July 16.
Bamboo handicraft course opens in ChaungU
A bamboo handicraft course was opened at a multi-purpose hall in Butar Village, ChaungU Township in Sagaing Region on July 17.
COVID prevention items donated to disaster management department in Yangon
Child Fund Myanmar has donated materials towards Yangon Region Disaster Management Department in Mayangon township for use of the coronavirus prevention at a ceremony held at the Disaster Management Department office on 16 July. 
Hotel zone to be established near Shwesettaw
The plan is underway to implement a hotel zone project. The plot of land is 60 acres wide. The project is a part of ecotourism development and the hotel zone will be near Shwesettaw pagoda’s precinct in Minbu district, said U Myint Sein, the regional head of the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism in Magway. 
Work committees hold coordination meeting for organizing 4th Union Peace Conference
The Work Committees on Organizing the 4th session of the Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong– held a coordination meeting at the Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor in Nay Pyi Taw at 2 pm yesterday. 
MoSWRR Union Minister participates in virtual meeting for relief assistance to Chin, Rakhine IDPs
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement organized a coordination meeting online yesterday to provide relief assistance to the internally displaced persons from Paletwa, and Rakhine State. 
COVID-19 figure in Myanmar reaches 339 after two new cases reported on 16 July
Updated at 8 pm, 16 July 2020