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Reuters YANGON — Chinese automakers are ramping up local production in Myanmar as they go head to head with dominant and entrenched Japanese rivals in the fast-growing market. There was a fivefold increase in the number of new cars sold in Myanmar in the three years to 2019, when sales hit 21,916, according to data […]
Naypyitaw — Myanmar’s commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his armed forces say they have collectively donated over 2.245 billion kyats (US$1.6 million) to be used in the prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19. The amount included a month’s salary of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other senior officers and a day’s wages […]
The Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, DC expresses its deep disappointment on the statement on Myanmar issued by the Second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held in Washington, DC on July 18. Likewise last year, Myanmar was not invited to the meeting and therefore has been denied the chance to apprise the meeting on the […]
Arts and Crafts, Invest in Myanmar, Travel and Tourism, Authentic Myanmar Food Tour, Cultural Performance ….Click here for media release (PDF)
On Saturday, May 4th 2019, Myanmar embassy joins more than 75 other nations participating in Passport DC, when it opens its doors suring Around the World Embassy Tour beginning at 10:00 am. Contact: Ms. Ohn Mar Aye, Myanmar Embassy, Washington, DC (myanmarecousa@gmail.com)
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, has committed $8 million to Proximity Finance to support expanded micro lending to rural borrowers, primarily smallholder farmers, in Myanmar. OPIC Chief of Staff Eric Jones and Proximity Designs CEO Jim Taylor, and Proximity Finance Head of Finance Sein Nwe Oo signed the […]
Myanmar Airways International announced that it will no longer be able to accommodate any inbound passengers, including Myanmar citizens stranded abroad effective 11:59pm March 30 until 11:59pm April 13.
27 March 2020 Bangkok – As Thailand curtails economic activity and begins to close its borders to limit the spread of the COVID-19, thousands of jobless migrant workers from neighbouring Myanmar, Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic are returning home. The announcement of wide-ranging business closures by Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang on 21 March and […]
U.S. military guard of honor carry a coffin covered with U.S. national flag during a repatriation ceremony at Mandalay International Airport Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Mandalay, central Myanmar. The U.S. military has repatriated what may be the remains of service personnel who were lost in action during World War II. The U.S. Embassy said […]
