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• YCDC to take action against wayward street vendors
• U Bein Bridge in urgent need of repair
• Training for women ward administrators
• UEC’s no action decision shocking: USDP
• Special lanes for ASEAN at Yangon airport
• Two countries one destination with Cambodia planned
• Doubts over regional and state constitutional drafting
• Classes for aspiring young journalists

YCDC to take action against wayward street vendors Posted: 21 May 2017 02:32 PM PDT The Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) is taking action against street vendors who ply their trade in prohibited areas or streets and is mapping out a plan to ensure that trade will be carried out in a systematic manner.

U Bein Bridge in urgent need of repair Posted: 21 May 2017 02:28 PM PDT The U Bein Bridge will be undergoing a three-year conservation project but before that urgent repairs need to be carried out.

Training for women ward administrators Posted: 21 May 2017 02:24 PM PDT Some 84 elected village and ward women administrators from states and regions are being trained to carry out their duties professionally in a joint program conducted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the General Administration Department in Nay Pyi Taw.

UEC’s no action decision shocking: USDP Posted: 21 May 2017 02:20 PM PDT The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is disappointed over a decision by the Union Election Commission (UEC) that no action will be taken against the State Counsellor and two senior officials of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Party.

Special lanes for ASEAN at Yangon airport Posted: 21 May 2017 02:17 PM PDT Yangon International Airport is ready to welcome visitors from ASEAN countries with special lanes dedicated to them. Terminal 1 was opened after extension works which started last year were completed.

Two countries one destination with Cambodia planned Posted: 21 May 2017 02:14 PM PDT The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism is implementing a two countries one destination campaign with Cambodia by planning direct flights between the two ancient cities Bagan and Siem Reap, said Daw Khin Than Win, the ministry's deputy director general.

Doubts over regional and state constitutional drafting Posted: 21 May 2017 02:11 PM PDT (Second in the series: 21st Panglong Conference-2nd session)

Classes for aspiring young journalists Posted: 21 May 2017 02:01 PM PDT Eleven-year-old Yoon Wathan's, ambition is to become a journalist. The serious looking girl who was wearing thanakha (paste from a tree bark), and looking very adult, said that it was her own idea and not her parents.

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