MTB to provide non-collateral loans to boost tourism industry

IN a bid to boost the Myanmar tourist industry, Myanmar Tour-ism  Bank  (MTB)  will  provide  SME loans to the small tourism businesses, in cooperation with the  Tourism  MSME  Develop-ment  Committee,  part  of  the  Union  of  Myanmar  Travel  As-sociation (UMTA).
World’s Biggest Wood Sculpture Exhibition to be held in Bago
The world’s biggest wood sculpture exhibition will be held, in conjunction with the eighth sculpture awards ceremony, at the Shwe Pyi Resort in Bago 10 Mile Kone from 29 November to 4 December, according to a press conference at Sayasan Plaza yesterday.
MOALI, KOICA sign RoD for Project for SAEM
The Record of Discussion signing ceremony for “The Project for Strengthening Agricultural Extension in Myanmar (SAEM)” was held between Department of Agriculture and Korea International Cooperation Agency-KOICA at the head office of the DOA, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation on 19 November.
Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance attends Tokyo Fiscal Forum
Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Maung Maung Win attended the Tokyo Fiscal Forum held in Tokyo, Japan on 20 and 21 November.
Union Minister U Thaung Tun meets with French Companies, attends Belt and Road Summit
Myanmar Delegation led by U ThaungTun, Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and Chairman of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC), attended the “Roundtable Discussion with French Companies” in Paris, France and the third edition of the “Belt and Road Summit”in Trieste, Italy from 18 to 22 November 2019.
A high-level Briefing on recent developments on international arena with regard to Myanmar was held at the President Office
However, the outbreaks of violent attacks by ARSA against multiple police outposts and the counter attacks launched by security forces in October 2016 and August 2017 and subsequent mass displacement of people from northern Rakhine State to Bangladesh attracts the great attention of the international community on humanitarian ground.
Rural electrification facilities launched in Yinmarbin Tsp.