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Rural health centres handed over to government
The Three Millennium Development Goal Fund handed over 15 rural health centres in the Ayeyarwady Region to the Health and Sports Ministry on Monday in support of the government’s move to improve access to healthcare in hard-to-reach areas. The five rural and 10 sub-rural health ...
Factory workers protest over rates cut in Mandalay Region
Workers at the Kan Kaung Chin Yadanar wood products factory in Mandalay Region staged a sit-in yesterday over what they described as unfair labour practices by the management. About 60 piece job wage workers who took part in the protest are demanding piece job rates ...
Myanmar fishery export income set to double
Though Myanmar’s fishery export income took a dive for three straight years until 2015, industry players hold high hopes to rebound, given the slight increase last year and the potential continuation of growth this fiscal year ending on March 31. In FY2011-12, Myanmar could generate ...
As global food demand rises, climate change is hitting staple crops
While increases in population and wealth will lift global demand for food by up to 70 percent by 2050, agriculture is already feeling the effects of climate change. This is expected to continue in coming decades. Scientists and farmers will need to act on multiple fronts ...
Dusit Thani links with CPN on Bt37 bn mixed-use project
Dusit Thani, a hotel and property-development company, has partnered with Central Pattana to renovate and develop a mixed-use project worth around Bt36.7 billion on land it leases in Bangkok from the Crown Property Bureau. The company has signed an agreement with the bureau to renew ...
Two lanes of Thai-Belgian Flyover open to traffic
Two lanes of the Thai-Belgian Flyover near Lumpini Park in Bangkok were reopened on March 1, following a blaze that broke out in garbage bins under the four-lane bridge on Tuesday morning. An inspection of the bridge found that the integrity of two of the ...
3-meter thick waste layer could destroy Tuy Phong seabed
If state management agencies approve a plan to sink 1.5 million cubic meters of waste sludge into waters, the waste will destroy the entire biological and physical circle of a vast sea area. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment on February 21 evaluated a ...
The steps toward 2025’s logistics transformation
Vietnam has unveiled a new plan to transform the country into a regional logistics hub by 2025. The new plan draws attention to the importance of logistics in Vietnam’s positioning as an international trade hub Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently sanctioned the action plan to enhance ...
Laos, Thailand step up education cooperation
Laos’ Ministry of Education and Sports will partner with Thailand’s Ministry of Education to increase cooperation in education with the aim of improving English teaching skills for Lao teachers. The plan was outlined on Monday when representatives of the two ministries met in Vientiane. The ...
JWD pushes for big investment return
Logistics company JWD InfoLogistics says it has adopted a business plan to increase revenues from its recent investments in ASEAN markets, such as in warehouses in Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. The plan for 2017 aims for a minimum seven percent revenue growth. Recent investments in ...
