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President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc have cabled messages of congratulations to President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Win Myint on his election.

U Win Myint, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, was elected as Myanmar’s new president in the presidential run on March 28, the Myanmar Union Parliament announced.

The IFAD and Myanmar signed a financial agreement to improve income of 62,400 poor rural households living on small agricultural production, agro-forestry and seasonal jobs in Kayin and Shan states.

Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on March 23 sent a message of congratulations to U T Khun Myat on his election as Speaker of the House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw) of Myanmar.

The House of Representatives ((Pyithu Hluttaw) of Myanmar elected U T Khun Myat as Speaker of the lower house at a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on March 22.

Speaker of the House of Representatives (Pyithu Hluttaw) of Myanmar U Win Myint stepped down after two years holding the position, announced Vice Speaker T Khun Myat in a session on March 21.

Myanmar’s President U Htin Kyaw has resigned after two years in office, the President’s Office said in a statement posted on Facebook on March 21.

The 19th meeting of the Sub-committee on Culture and Information (SCI) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is taking place in Myanmar's Yangon, seeking to outline future work of the bloc’s information sector.

Start-up tourism firms will have a chance to get a cash grant and a six-month intensive training course worth 30, 000 USD in total when joining the “Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism” (MIST) programme in 2018.

The Myanmar Government pledged to cooperate with regional nations to combat transnational trading in counterfeit pharmaceuticals, local media reported.

At least four bombs exploded in different places in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar state of Rakhine on February 24 morning, including a residential compound of a senior official.

Various sectors of Tak province of Thailand and Myawaddy province of Myanmar have jointly held the 19th annual cycling activity in Mae Sot district.

Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw called for efforts to achieve durable internal unity and establishment of a democratic federal republic through the platform of the 21st Century Panglong Peace conference.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has urged Myanmar to tackle the Rohingya crisis, which is at risk of turning into a humanitarian disaster over poor sanitation at Bangladesh refugee camp.