U.S. President Barrack Obama on Thursday reiterated his country's investment in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and commitment to building links between the two sides to better face global challenges.
Myanmar's union parliament has passed a motion calling for effectively raising salaries of state employees beginning 2015-16 fiscal year, according to parliament sources Thursday.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for a series of leaders' meetings on East Asian cooperation and an official visit to Myanmar.
The importance of greater engagement with the rest of the world was emphasized by Myanmar President U Thein Sein as the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off here on Wednesday.
The 25th ASEAN Summit and its related meetings kicked off here on Wednesday, when leaders from 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries gather here to discuss the future development of the bloc and meet leaders from regional and world powers to promote ties.
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries gathered here on Wednesday to discuss the establishment of an economic community by the end of 2015 and map out plans for its future development.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend a series of leaders' meeting on East Asia cooperation from Wednesday to Friday in Myanmar and pay a visit to the country, in a tour expected to open a new chapter in the development of China-ASEAN relations.
The Myanmar government prepares to deploy 20,000-strong police force to guard the upcoming 25th ASEAN Summit in Nay Pyi Taw when a number of regional and international leaders will be attending, according to the Myanmar Police Force Tuesday.
Myanmar has launched a project to transform the country's public libraries into modern information center by applying information technology system, according to the Information Ministry Monday.
An ASEAN financial inclusion conference is underway in Myanmar's capital of Nay Pyi Taw to share experiences and initiatives to ensure financial inclusion for low-income people in the region, particularly in the CLMV countries, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, official sources said Thursday.
A Myanmar industrial official has called for developing chemical industries in the country, especially petrochemical industry, saying that the country has potential for such large-scale undertakings, sources with the Ministry of Industry said Wednesday.
Myanmar will host an ASEAN conference to discuss challenges for countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam -- in striving for access to finance.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein Friday urged the United Nations to further strengthen and expand the areas of cooperation for the peoples of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) has pledged a free and fair general election in 2015, calling on political parties, civil society organizations and international aid groups to cooperate for the upcoming event, according to the commission Tuesday.
Myanmar and Brunei have mutually exempted visa for ordinary passport holders of the two countries, according to a press statement published Tuesday.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States have vowed to cooperate in combating trafficking in persons, seeking new standard guidelines and norms and new protocol in fight against modern slavery.
Myanmar has offered 20 sectors of economic activities to local and foreign investors in the country' s first biggest Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project being implemented on the outskirts of Yangon by a Myanmar-Japan joint venture, according to the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development Tuesday.
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