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Myanmar Airways International (MAI) began operating the first flight from Yangon, Myanmar, to Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport on September 19.

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.

Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport on April 17, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

A batch of 35,000 medical masks have been delivered to Myanmar to aid Mandalay city amid an increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar, Vietnamese entrepreneurs and people living in the country have presented 7.5 million Kyat (5,380 USD) and medical supplies to Yangon region to support its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Substitute Nguyen Xuan Nam scored a brace to maintain HCM City FC's top spot in Group F of the Asian Football Confederation Cup in Vientiane, Laos, on March 10.

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.

A delegation of Hanoi led by Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dao Duc Toan paid working trips to Myanmar, Brunei and Indonesia from July 28 to August 8.

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

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Sen. Lt. Gen. Pham Ngoc Minh on July 29 received Major Gen. ThetPon, Commander of Yangon Region Command of Myanmar,during his ongoing working visit to Vietnam.

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.

The Vietnamese Business Club in Myanmar (VBCM) made its debut in Yangon on May 28.

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