Myanmar Union Parliament has approved signing agreement on establishing a regional secretariat for mutual recognition of ASEAN tourist experts, state-media reported Saturday.
The upcoming ASEAN Trade Travel Exhibition is expected to see more than 400 booths showcasing tourism products and services of the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Myanmar Ministry of Hotels and Tourism said on Friday.
The Myanmar government has refuted a critique over probable failure to set up a stock exchange in the country, saying that the establishment of the stock exchange is a business rather than politics, official sources said Wednesday.
Thailand will hold its first expo in Yangon next weekend aimed at providing a platform for Myanmar entrepreneurs to establish business links with Thai manufacturers, sources with the expo said Sunday.
Myanmar National Airlines (MNA), renamed from state-run Myanmar Airways, will lease 10 new Boeing aircrafts to modernize its services, a semi-official media reported Thursday.
Myanmar's commerce authorities are planning to expand the existing check point at Muse Border Trade Zone with China in light of increased trade between the two countries, a semi-official media reported Monday.
Myanmar has become a full member of the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF), joining other ASEAN members and Asian Development Bank (ADB), a semi-official media quoted a statement of AIF Director for Myanmar U Maung Maung Win as saying on Friday.
Myanmar is striving for accountable governance of ASEAN Community and anti-corruption, taking initiatives to establish a related framework in the aspect, the semi-official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Wednesday.
Myanmar will get 688 million euro ( 900 million U.S. dollars) in aid from the European Union (EU) for the next seven years from 2014 to 2020, a semi-official media reported Wednesday.
The ASEAN festival of people with disabilities continued for second day in Yangon with 168 disabled artists and performers from nine ASEAN member countries, except Brunei, sources with the festival said Saturday.
As Myanmar is nearing the target of 3 million visitors by the end of this year, the country anticipates bright prospects for its tourism industry in 2015 .
About 82 Myanmar athletes will take part in the 17th ASEAN University Games to be held in Indonesia this month, sports circle said Monday.
Myanmar continued efforts to end recruitment of minors in military service, releasing 80 more child soldiers from military services and sending them back to their homes in its latest move.
The European Union (EU) has pledged to provide 250 million euro ( 332.5 million U.S. dollars) to Myanmar annually under a three-year strategic cooperation program (2014-16), official sources said Tuesday quoting EU Ambassador to Myanmar Roland Kobia.
Myanmar will get a 50-million-U.S. dollar loan from Singapore and Vietnam for the development of its small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Myanmar authorities said on Sunday.
Myanmar's Yangon Technological University (YTU) and Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will launch technological cooperation for the development of human resources in Myanmar in academic education under an internship program, sources with the Myanmar university said Monday.
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries concluded a summit here on Thursday after reaffirming their commitment to building an ASEAN Community by the end of 2015.