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• Myanmar Ministry of Health to speak at Aid & Development Asia Summit 2017
• Water festival to help boost tourism
• Thingyan fever picks up in Mandalay
• Bus companies urged not raise fares during festival
• First-ever Schuman Awards granted to Myanmar citizens
• Incentive bonus for highway bus companies
• Myanmar, Netherlands plant seeds of accord
• KOICA-funded agri training school opens
• FDA to promote food safety awareness
• Forest lands development closely scrutinised

Myanmar Ministry of Health to speak at Aid & Development Asia Summit 2017 Posted: 07 Apr 2017 06:27 AM PDT Marked on 7th April, the World Health Day highlights the importance of ensuring health and well-being for everyone, at every stage of life.

Water festival to help boost tourism Posted: 07 Apr 2017 12:26 AM PDT The traditional Myanmar Thingyan Water Festival this year will be something special, says U Myo Yi, chair of Myanmar Tourism Entrepreneurs Association (Mandalay Zone).

Thingyan fever picks up in Mandalay Posted: 07 Apr 2017 12:22 AM PDT This year's Thingyan or water festival in Mandalay city will recapture the traditional spirit and festivities to attract revellers as well as foreign visitors, with ethnic pandals (fabricated structures) to be erected along 26th and 78th streets reaching the 66th Street around the palace moat, according to Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC).

Bus companies urged not raise fares during festival Posted: 07 Apr 2017 12:20 AM PDT Bus companies have been urged to maintain fare prices and not take advantage of the festive season to raise them.

First-ever Schuman Awards granted to Myanmar citizens Posted: 07 Apr 2017 12:14 AM PDT European Union (EU) Ambassador Roland Kobia presented Schuman Awards to U Ko Ni (posthumous), Daw Ja Nan Lahtaw and U Aung Myo Min in Yangon on April 4.

Incentive bonus for highway bus companies Posted: 07 Apr 2017 12:11 AM PDT The Mandalay Supervisory Committee for Highway Bus Lines has given out more than K40 million in incentives to 146 bus lines that fall under its supervision for the 2016-17 fiscal year on Wednesday.

Myanmar, Netherlands plant seeds of accord Posted: 06 Apr 2017 11:57 PM PDT Myanmar and the Netherlands have planted the seeds of cooperation to develop the local agricultural sector, especially the development of high yielding crop seeds.

KOICA-funded agri training school opens Posted: 06 Apr 2017 11:56 PM PDT A training school for agricultural mechanisation (Yezin) on the University of Yezin campus in Zeyathiri township, Nay Pyi Taw, was opened on March 31, according to a statement by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.

FDA to promote food safety awareness Posted: 06 Apr 2017 11:50 PM PDT Vital information on the safety of food, drugs and cosmetic products in the market will be extended to people in rural areas starting next month, said DrThan Htut, Director General of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Forest lands development closely scrutinised Posted: 06 Apr 2017 11:46 PM PDT Government-approved projects to develop and cultivate portions of forests are closely scrutinised by relevant authorities to ensure there are no wrongdoings, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation said today.

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