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Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing pledged to cooperate with the new government to ensure a smooth transfer of power.

Myanmar President-elect U Htin Kyaw on March 25 proposed the country’s Union Parliament to form a new Union Election Commission to prepare for the next general election.

Myanmar’s first stock market began its first trading day on March 25.

Myanmar's Union Parliament on March 24 approved a list of 18 nominees for ministers, including leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar's Union Parliament on March 22 announced the list of 18 ministers for the new cabinet, which includes President of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar's Union Parliament on March 21 approved President-elect U Htin Kyaw's plan of forming a new government which will see fewer ministries.

President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on March 18 extended their congratulations to newly elected President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw.

The Myanmar’s Union Parliament will elect its president on March 15 after the presidential nominee committee completes its work, said Aye Thar Aung, Deputy Speaker of the Union Parliament.

Htin Kyaw from the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi has become one of the three final candidates in Myanmar’s presidental race.

The presidential election process kicked off in Myanmar on March 10 as the House of Representatives, House of Nationalities and military-assigned representatives submit their candidates.

The new Myanmar government, which is to take office in late March, will cut the number of ministries to 23 from the previous 36.

The Myanmar’s Union Parliament on March 1 set March 10 for presidential run, one week earlier as the previous schedule.

The 2016 Vietnam-Myanmar trade service and tourism fair will be held in Yangon city, Myanmar, from April 1 to 4.

The Myanmar government and eight ethnic armed groups have agreed to seek ways to prevent further clashes, according to a statement of the Joint Cease-fire Monitoring Committee (JCMC).