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Myanmar to implement four-year diabetes program
The Ministry of Health and Sports together with the Novo Nordisk Company have signed a memorandum of understanding to implement the Myanmar Diabetes Care Program from 2017 to 2020. The signing ceremony of the MoU, held on March 13 at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon, was attended ...
Workers to be sent for S Korean fishing industry
Myanmar plans to send workers for the fishing industry in South Korea as there is a demand for labour in that sector, said U Thein Win, director of the Migration Affairs Department under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. “We find our workers are joining ...
Earthquake jolts Yangon region, injures 24
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Bago and Yangon divisions on Monday evening, injuring 24 people and damaging some religious buildings in Taik Kyi Township. No severe casualties have been reported. Myanmar’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology reported that the epicenter of the quake was about 8 ...
Strong winds flatten houses in Rakhine State
Several properties in Yoke Chaung village in Mrauk-U township, Rakhine State, were destroyed and damaged by strong winds on the morning of March 13. Mrauk-U fire department chief U San Tun said two houses, a chicken farm and a granary were destroyed while 21 other houses ...
Employers seek delay in garment pay reform
Plans to pay garment workers twice a month will be difficult for employers to implement, industry representatives have warned. The Labor Ministry is amending laws so companies will be required to pay staff twice a month, in a bid to protect workers from being abandoned by ...
Civil servants told: no helmet, penalties apply
Civil servants and factory workers will be required to wear helmets when riding their motorbikes to work under a government plan to stem traffic fatalities. The deputy commissioner of the National Police told Khmer Times on March 13 that the internal rules were announced internally last month. ...
Quảng Nam struggles to hire doctors
The central province of Quảng Nam is struggling to recruit doctors for public hospitals and clinics because of low pay and tough working conditions. At the General Hospital in the tourist hotspot of Hội An City, there are not enough doctors to serve local patients, ...
Bright prospects for steel firms despite challenges
Việt Nam’s listed steel companies can achieve higher growth in 2017 despite a volatile and predictable international market if they optimise operations and exploit missing links in the sector’s supply chain, experts said on March 13. Given recent international developments, global markets are likely to ...
Điện Biên advised to make use of advantages to foster tourism
The northwestern province of Điện Biên should capitalise on its advantages to develop tourism, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân told provincial officials on March 13. Lauding local socio-economic achievements, the top legislator, who is visiting some northwestern provinces, told Điện Biên to use ...
South Korea’s KAIR Airlines launches with A320 aircraft
South Korean start-up carrier KAIR Airlines has announced that it has selected an A320 to launch its new low-cost operation, with the firm ordering eight A320ceo aircraft. The new airline will be based in Cheongju in central South Korea and will focus primarily on services ...
