A total 224 foreign enterprises were permitted by the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) to invest more than 3.5 billion USD in the country in the first 10 months of the fiscal year 2018 – 2019, said the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) on August 26.

Myanmar authorities confiscated 762 kilogrammes of methamphetamine worth more than 19 billion kyats (12.67 million USD) in eastern Shan state, according to the commander-in-chief of Defence Services Office said on August 26.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Business Community in Myanmar (VBCM) and the Vietnamese people community in the host nation, have supplied relief aid to flood-affected residents in Mon State.

The 2019 Food Festival of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off in Mandalay city of Myanmar on August 17.

The death toll of a monsoon landslide in Myanmar's Mon state rose to 69 as more bodies were recovered on August 16 afternoon, local officials said.

Rebel forces launched a series of attacks targeting military personnel at different locations in Myanmar’s Mandalay region and Shan State on August 15, killing and injuring at least 17 people, according to Xinhua news agency.

Dengue fever killed 48 people and infected 10,757 others across Myanmar in the past seven months, said the Public Health Department under Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports on August 14.

The death toll from a landslide caused by monsoon rains struck Ye Pyar Kone village, Mon state of Myanmar, on August 9 rose to 22.

At least 15 people were killed in a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rain in Mon state, Myanmar, on August 9, according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department.

Floods across Myanmar have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent weeks, according to local officials.

The telecom group Viettel has launched the fifth generation (5G) technology in Myanmar.

The China-Myanmar joint venture Gold AYA Motors International Group Co. Ltd. has introduced its first car that was assembled in Myanmar.

Vietnam trounced Myanmar 3-0 in their fourth Group A match at the ASEAN Football Federation U15 Championship in Thailand on August 2.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed Vietnam’s commitment to coordinating with Japan and other Mekong countries in implementing the Tokyo Strategy 2018 for Mekong-Japan Cooperation.