Red Cross workers gathered at a fancy Yangon hotel for emergency training last week. The Myanmar Red Cross Society teamed up with international partners to teach life-saving skills. Rose Garden Hotel became the classroom for 31 rescue experts from across the country. Leaders from different states and regions attended the three-day event. The training happened from June 25 through June 27.
Emergency response teams learned new ways to help people during disasters. First aid experts shared tips about keeping communities safe from danger. Chairpeople and vice-chairpeople from local Red Cross groups participated. Township commanders and brigade leaders also joined the special sessions. The International Committee of Red Cross helped run the...
Myanmar military chief's wife took a culture trip to Russia yesterday. Daw Kyu Kyu Hla toured the Leo Bardamov Museum with her travel group. Russian Deputy Head Evgenia Ludupova welcomed the foreign visitors at the entrance. The museum staff showed them around all the different exhibits. Daw Kyu Kyu Hla asked questions about the displays during her visit.
The Myanmar delegation brought several important people on this museum adventure. Daw Nilar joined the group as the wife of a high government official. The Myanmar Ambassador's wife came along with other staff members. All the women traveled together through the Russian city of Ulan-Ude. Local Russian officials made sure the visitors felt welcome during their stay.
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Young performers took the stage at Yangon's National Theatre yesterday morning for a special celebration. The event marked 75 years of friendship between China and Myanmar through art and culture. Students danced and played music to honor the long partnership between both countries. Deputy Minister Daw Nu Mra Zan joined Chinese officials and local leaders at the colorful show. Representatives from schools, cultural centers, and business groups filled the theater seats.
LeHua International Education Centre's Electric Drum Troupe kicked off the program with a modern twist on a classic Chinese tune. State High School of Fine Arts students followed with beautiful traditional Myanmar dancing. Chinese Minister-Counsellor Ms Cao Jing spoke to...
Government officials made a special trip to Hinthada Township yesterday morning for community visits. Union Minister U Maung Maung Ohn teamed up with Regional Chief Minister U Tin Maung Win to check out local development projects. The pair wanted to see how villages are building stronger communities across the area. Their first stop took them to U Po Kyar Library where students were reading books. The officials talked with young people and met library workers who keep the place running.
The Union Minister told everyone that Myanmar's leader wants more libraries built nationwide. He said these reading centers help kids develop good study habits for their futures. The regional boss mentioned that Ayeyawady Region already has over 340...
Government officials gathered at a major steel safety meeting last Friday morning. The Myanmar Engineering Council hosted the event at their Yangon office to talk about building stronger structures after earthquakes. Union Minister Dr Charlie Than told everyone that the country needs better rules for construction materials. Myanmar brings in 800,000 tonnes of foreign steel each year because local factories only make 200,000 tonnes. Officials want to check all steel more carefully to make sure buildings stay safe during disasters.
Several experts shared their knowledge about making buildings earthquake-proof. The Myanmar Engineering Council chairman welcomed everyone to the important gathering. University professors explained how...
A Buddhist temple stepped up after disaster struck Myanmar's Mandalay Region. The Mandalay Yunnan Buddhist Temple teamed up with local Myanmar-born Chinese families and other generous givers to help earthquake victims. They gathered food and supplies worth more than 600 million kyats to feed thousands of religious people who lost everything. The massive relief effort reached 11,100 monks and nuns across seven different townships that got hit hard. Rice bags, cooking oil bottles, and chickpeas filled trucks heading to the disaster zones.
Temple leaders held a special ceremony yesterday at the Manaung Yadana Pagoda. The event brought together some of Myanmar's most important people for the good cause. Chief Minister U Myo Aung showed up...
Customs officers busted smugglers across Myanmar during massive weekend raids. Teams stopped trucks and buses carrying goods without proper papers. The crackdowns happened at checkpoints and warehouses from Thursday through Friday. Officers seized millions of kyats worth of illegal merchandise and vehicles. Anti-smuggling task forces coordinated the operations nationwide.
Mandalay region officers caught one group red-handed at Yatanabon Bridge checkpoint on Thursday. The smugglers drove a Scania bus from Shwebo toward Yangon packed with consumer goods. Authorities grabbed products worth over 2 million kyats that had no documentation. They also took the expensive bus valued at 100 million kyats. The entire haul reached 102 million...
Police nabbed three men with nearly one million illegal pills during a dawn raid last Tuesday. Drug enforcement officers stopped their truck after receiving a hot tip about the massive haul. The suspects thought they could smuggle the dangerous stimulants from Yangon all the way to Dawei without getting caught. Each tiny tablet sells for 1,500 kyats on the street, making the entire stash worth over one billion kyats. Officers found the drugs hidden inside a six-wheel Nissan truck near Nyaungkhashy Village.
The bust happened around five in the morning when most people were still sleeping. Hein Latt was driving the vehicle when police surrounded him and his two passengers. His companions went by the names Mae Gyi and Sithu, but their...
Army leaders visited earthquake damage zones to check repair work across Mandalay region. Communities and relief groups joined hands to fix buildings that got wrecked during the disaster. Heavy machines cleared away broken concrete and twisted metal from religious centers and homes. Workers prepared to rebuild the famous Maha Zedihla Pagoda that suffered major damage. Teams also put up temporary structures at the Laykyunmyay Brick Buddhism Learning Centre.
Lt-Gen Thet Pon toured the Myo Yin Yin Buddhism Learning Centre to see cleanup progress. Bulldozers and cranes worked around the clock to remove debris from sacred buildings. Public housing areas received the same attention as crews hauled away rubble. The general watched as...
