The Ministry of Hotel and Tourism organized a coordination meeting to promote the Japan market for tourism as Yangon’s Sule Shangri-La Hotel yesterday.
Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Dr Aung Thu visited Kyatsu Kyin Village of Yesagyo Township, Magway Region, to inspect the jaggery sugar production preparations made by Shwe Hintha Company on 9 November.
With the aim of boosting the income of local people and their socio-economic status, loans for the implementation of emerald green projects were disbursed to local farmers at Aungmingalar Yeiktha Monastery in Myenikyin Village,
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.
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.
