In his capacity as the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn is paying a working visit to Myanmar from March 21-23.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong on March 19 had separate meetings with the heads of Lao and Myanmar delegations on the sidelines of the 19th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces' Meeting (ACDFM-19) in Phnom Penh.

To reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment, Myanmar has begun the production and selling of new-energy vehicles, including hybrid electric cars, according to Xinhua news agency.

As ASEAN Chair’s special envoy, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon is scheduled to pay his first visit to Myanmar on March 20-23.

Cambodia will not invite Myanmar's Foreign Minister to the upcoming ASEAN Foreign Ministers' (AMM) Retreat to be hosted by Cambodia, the freshnewsasia website reported, citing source of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Indonesia and Singapore stressed the importance of the implementation of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar during a meeting between Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on January 25.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 14 for Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer via videoconference.

About 70 percent of Japanese companies investing in Myanmar will either maintain or expand their operations in the Southeast Asian country in a year or two despite the impact of political instability and the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Japan External Trade Organisation report.

General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the ruling State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, declared a five-month ceasefire when meeting with visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Nay Pyi Taw on January 7.

Myanmar's Ministry of Health on December 28 confirmed the first four infection cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

At least one person was killed in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar’s Kachin state on December 22, announced the country’s search and rescue teams on the same day.

Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) and army chief of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing reduced the prison sentence of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years on December 6, reported AFP.

A court in Myanmar has sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison for incitement against the military and violating anti-COVID-19 regulations, a spokesperson of the military administration said on December 6.

Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism has rolled out plans to resume international tourism in early 2022.