A ceremony to provide cash aids to two households for relocation of their houses to safer places due to riverbank erosion in Laymyathna Township, Hinthada District, Ayeyawady Region was held at the Township General Administration Department yesterday afternoon.
The Republic of Korea donated 600 tonnes of rice for the COVID-19 affected Myanmar through Tier 3 programme of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR).
Magway Region has suffered 1,865 natural disasters in five years from 2015-2016 to 2019-2020, according to the Magway Region Disaster Management Department.
The value of Myanmar-China border trade through Muse land border as of 13 November has dropped by almost 50 per cent compared with a year-ago period, the trade data issued by the Ministry of Commerce showed.
Union Minister for Planning, Finance and Industry U Soe Win held a videoconference with Ms Mariam Sherman, the World Bank Country Director for Myanmar, and officials yesterday.
