Participants in Myanmar's special trilateral peace talks agreed to set a timetable and priority work process for basic principles related to democracy and federal in future 21st Century Panglong Peace Conferences.
Two military jet fighters of Myanmar crashed in Minbu town in the central Magway region, 500km northwest of Yangon on October 16, killing two pilots and a young girl in her home.
Myanmar exported 1.12 million tonnes of rice in the last six months, earning over 390 million USD, according to an announcement of the Myanmar Rice Federation.
The Myanmar government, army and 10 signatories of the nationwide ceasefire accord (NCA) convened their trilateral peace talks on October 15.
Leaders of the Mekong subregion countries and Japan decided to lift the two sides’ cooperation to a strategic partnership at the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting in Tokyo on October 9.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined leaders of Japan and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries at the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit that opened in Tokyo on October 9.
Myanmar State Councellor Aung San Suu Kyi has pledged that the country will ensure a period of stability and peace so as to attract more foreign investment.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia organised a tribute-paying ceremony for former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Do Muoi on October 4-5.
Myanmar authorities on October 4 burned an estimated 1.3 million USD worth of confiscated ivory and other parts of endangered animals which were seized during a campaign to combat wildlife trading earlier.
Vietnamese embassies across Asia held tribute-paying services for President Tran Dai Quang and opened funeral books on September 26-27.
Young officers of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and their peers from the Armed Forces of Myanmar gathered together at a seminar in Hanoi on September 18, which aims to promote exchange and experience sharing between the two sides.
People of Myanmar, especially the young, need to change so as to seize arising opportunities, Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has said.
The “Colours of Vietnam” programme recently took place in the city of Yangon in Myanmar on the occasion of the 73rd National Day (September 2) and the first anniversary of the upgrade of Vietnam-Myanmar ties to the level of comprehensive partnership.
Japanese auto and motorcycle maker Suzuki Motor Corp. is sharply boosting its car sales in Myanmar, seizing a 52 percent market share in the first half of this year, according to the Kyodo News.
Two people in Myanmar were reported missing on August 30, one day after the Swar Chaung dam broke in the country’s Bago region and caused serious floods, according to Myanmar officials.
More than 50,000 people have left their homes in central Myanmar after part of a dam failed on August 29 morning, inundating nearby areas and hindering traffic on a major highway, authorities said.
Water from a breached dam has flooded communities in central Myanmar and blocked part of a highway linking the main cities of Yangon, Mandalay and the capital Naypyidaw.
Conditions in Rakhine state of Myanmar are not yet met for the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees to their places of origin or choice, said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
