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Venerable Thich Thien Ngoc, head of Dai Phuoc (Mahapunnavihara) Pagoda in Myanmar, has been honoured with “Saddhamma Jotikadhaja”, a noble title from the Myanmar Government.

One person was killed and four others injured in a tailing pond collapse at a jade mine in Hpakant township of northern Myanmar's Kachin state on March 12 morning, local police reported.

Myanmar's State Administration Council imposed martial law in Momeik and Mabein townships in Shan state of eastern Myanmar on February 28, the official television channel MRTV reported.

Myanmar’s Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) on January 11 announced that the Myanmar navy has seized 1.45 tonnes of methamphetamine worth over 36.25 billion MMK (17 billion USD) in its territorial waters.

Three Irrawaddy dolphin calves have been found recently in central Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River, reported the Global New Light of Myanmar.

Nearly 400 Vietnamese citizens stranded in northern Myanmar due to the armed conflict there were repatriated on December 30 morning.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong attended the 26th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Ministerial Conference (MC26), held on December 15 in Myanmar. ​

A hot air balloon festival is set to take place in Myanmar's hilly town Pyin Oo Lwin between November 24 and 28 to attract tourists.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar has promptly devised plans to protect and ensure the safety of Vietnamese citizens living and working in some northern states, which have seen complex security developments in recent days.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has continued to urge Vietnamese citizens in Israel to leave the country in the face of recent complex developments in the Middle East.

Myanmar and Russia began a joint naval exercise in the northern waters of the Andaman sea on November 7, state-run Global New Light daily of Myanmar reported.

Myanmar's media on October 31 reported that representatives of its government and of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security have had a discussion on ensuring peace along the countries’ shared border.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar and local authorities verified that 61 Vietnamese citizens have been rescued from casinos in Myanmar, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang told a regular press conference in Hanoi on October 26.

Myanmar’s Ministry of Education on October 13 announced that a total of 268 schools in Bago region in the south of the country were closed due to serious flooding.