Sep 30, 2023
THE 2023 World Heart Day commemoration ceremony took place at Nay Pyi Taw's Wunna Theikdi Gymnasium B yesterday. During the event, Union Minister for Health Dr Thet Khaing Win addressed the audience, highlighting the global impact of heart and cardiovascular diseases, which claim over 20.5 million lives annually. He emphasized that unhealthy lifestyle choices such as poor diet, lack of physical activity, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption contribute to 85 per cent of these deaths, primarily due to sudden cardiac arrest, cerebral ischemia, cerebral haemorrhages, and strokes.
Sep 30, 2023
U KO KO HLAING, Union Minister at the Union Government Office 2, received Russia-Myanmar Association for Friendship and Cooperation President Mr Anatoly Bulochnikov-led delegation in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Sep 30, 2023
THE Shared River, Shared Future and the Role of Journalists under the Mekong-Lancang media development programme for MLC (Mekong-Lancang Cooperation) journalists was held in Cambodia yesterday.
Sep 30, 2023
GOVERNMENT considers releasing an announcement soon to raise more cash assistance for State service personnel, said Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Sep 29, 2023
UNION Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation U Khin Maung Yi received the delegation led by Mr Anatoly Bulochnikov, President of the Russia-Myanmar Association for Friendship and Cooperation, in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Sep 29, 2023
TRANSPORT and Communications Deputy Minister U Aung Kyaw Tun visited the People’s Republic of China yesterday for the signing ceremony of the aviation link agreement between Myanmar and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held at the Central Government Office building in Hong Kong.
Sep 29, 2023
MYANMAR and China are discussing establishment a new Muse-Mandalay railway and Mandalay-Kyaukphyu railway section under the Myanmar-China railway cooperation project, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Sep 29, 2023
CONCERNING the application filed by the Gambia at the International Court of Justice alleging Myanmar of violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Gambia filed its Memorial to the Court on 23 October 2020 and Myanmar filed its Counter-Memorial on 24 August 2023 accordingly. In this connection, Myanmar was informed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the President of the Court will receive the Agents of the Parties to discuss the subsequent procedure in the case on 26 September 2023 at the International Court of Justice, The Hague. The Myanmar delegation led by U Ko Ko Hlaing, Agent of Myanmar and Union Minister at the Office of Union Government 2, and Dr Thida Oo, Alternate Agent of Myanmar and Union Minister for Legal Affairs and Union Attorney-General, travelled to the Netherlands to attend the meeting with the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Sep 29, 2023
THE MYEA (Myanmar Young Entrepreneurs Association) elected the 2023-2026 new executive members on 23 September. At the event, Daw Thin Thin Kyaw was elected as chairperson of MYEA.
Sep 29, 2023
ACCORDING to the Department of Information and Public Relations, there will be a ‘Beautiful Myanmar’ colour photo contest to commemorate the 76th Independence Day.