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The Government of Bangladesh announced on November 23 that its country and the neighbouring Myanmar have agreed on returning Rohingya Muslim refugees in two months.

Myanmar and Bangladesh will hold a ministerial meeting to discuss the humanitarian crisis faced by thousands of Rohingya Muslims, according to an announcement at the end of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on November 21.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he would not yet push for sanctions against Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, but called for an investigation into the instability in the country.

President Tran Dai Quang received State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi in the central city of Da Nang on November 9 on the sidelines of the ongoing APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi made her first visit to the country’s northern state of Rakhine, where conflicts forced many Rohingya Muslims to run to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Myanmar has launched a project to rebuild destroyed houses in the northern Rakhine state under a mechanism of the Union Enterprises for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development.

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said on September 19 that the country pledged to restore peace, stability, and law in northern Rakhine state and invited the international community to cooperate for Myanmar's endeavors.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on September 6 that New Delhi will grant free visas to Myanmar citizens wanting to visit the country.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi exchanged major orientations to boost cooperation between the two countries in the time ahead during their meeting in Naypyidaw on August 25.

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has met with Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), a Kachin ethnic religious organisation, to seek a peace approach for national reconciliation in the country.

Canada will provide 20 million CAD (14 million USD) to help Myanmar implement two initiatives on climate change adaptation and social development in the next five years.

The Government of Myanmar and ethnic armed groups signed a total of 33 agreements after the second meeting of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference was wrapped up in May 29.

Myanmar’s second union peace conference reached agreement for most points of five major sectors in its second working session on May 25.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Myanmar state counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi on April 28 on the occasion of 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila, the Philippines.

Myanmar’s parliament has announced to organise the fifth sessions of both houses in the capital of Nay Pyi Taw on May 18, two months after the fourth sessions ended on March 18.

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi vowed to continue building up a federal union with eternal peace as she made a TV speech to the nation on March 30 evening.

Singapore and Myanmar will start negotiations on a bilateral investment pact and update their agreement on double taxation avoidance in a bid to underpin economic relations.

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has urged non-signatory armed groups to join the government peace process by signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA).

Japan's Prime Minister said that Japan will provide 800 billion Yen (7.73 billion USD)for Myanmar over the next five years to assist the peace process and national development in the country.

Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi have agreed to cooperate in efforts to end ethnic conflicts in Myanmar.