A ceremony to present paddy seeds for poppy substitution to farmers was held at the meeting room of the Department of Agriculture in Pekhon Township, Southern Shan State on 4 June.
Two retaining walls are being built at separate locations along the Nantyin Creek in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State in order to solve the problem of riverbank erosion, according to the in-charge of the construction company.
An inter-village road built under the Village Development Plan (VDP) being implemented by the Department of Rural Development was inaugurated in Wuntho Township, Sagaing Region on 4 June.
Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr. Win Myat Aye received Ms. June Kunugi, UNICEF Representative to Myanmar in the May Kha Lar Hall of the office of the Ministry yesterday morning.
Vice President U Myint Swe received Governor of Yunnan Province, the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Ruan Chengfa, and his entourage at the Presidential Palace at 10 a.m. yesterday.
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who was in Prague, the Czech Republic went to Charles University in the afternoon of 3 June and was welcomed by Rector Dr. Tomas Zima and officials.