Keyword: "Yangon"

More than 100 new patients were admitted to the hospital on August 13, but the rate of new infections has since decreased.

Yangon city and Kyaukphyu town of Myanmar recorded the heaviest single-day rainfalls in over 50 years on August 17, according to the country’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.

The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) has banned the use of foreign currency for local payments to stabilise the foreign exchange rate in the country, reported Xinhua news agency.

The Myanmar media said on May 4 that five were killed and another seriously injured in a parcel bomb blast in the south of the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited some major investment establishments of Vietnam in Yangon on December 18 as part of his official visit to Myanmar.

The Vietnam Culture Week took place in Yangon city, Myanmar, on September 27 – 30 to popularise images of Vietnam and its people.

At least three passengers died and 28 others were injured in a traffic accident on the expressway linking Myanmar’s city of Yangon and Mandalay city on September 9.

The biggest annual Vietnamese goods fair in Myanmar will take place in Yangon from December 19 to 22.

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

The total death toll of the seasonal influenza virus H1N1 in Myanmar has so far reached 29, said a statement from the local Health and Sports Ministry on July 4.

Myanmar has plans to export 500 million USD worth of rice to China through barter trading system later this year, according to Xinhua news agency.

Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. opened its first hypermarket in Myanmar on May 10, according to Kyodo News.

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.

The Myanmar-based social enterprise "Chu Chu" has turned discarded clothes and rubbish into attractive handy accessories that drew the attention of many tourists.​

The 19th meeting of the Sub-committee on Culture and Information (SCI) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is taking place in Myanmar's Yangon, seeking to outline future work of the bloc’s information sector.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting with representatives of leading enterprises of Vietnam and Myanmar in Yangon on August 26 as part of his State visit to Myanmar.

Myanmar’s police said on June 28 that they have captured a total of 206 drug smugglers, including 36 females, on the Myanmar-Thailand border in the first half of 2017.

The flight data recorder, or black box, from the Myanmar army plane that crashed into the Andaman Sea two weeks ago has been recovered, Myanmar authorities announced on June 18.

Three suspects involved in two blasts on November 25 at Yangon regional government office have been arrested, an official of Myanmar Police Force said on November 26.