In a bid to stem HIV transmission though heterosexual contact, Myanmar will distribute 10 million free condoms and 30 million more at affordable prices this year, the country’s National AIDS Program manager Min Thwe said late Wednesday.
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Against considerable odds, a group of top Thai and Burmese tourism officials believe they can shift the military-run state into becoming a key tourist destination.
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Maungdaw: UNHCR field officer has complained to the Nasaka Border Force Acting Commander, Myint Oo, for the wide use of child labor in Maungdaw Township, a town in Northern Arakan State.
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Guwahati: A huge quantity of ready made garments and synthetics from Burma were seized by the custom officers in Khetri toen of Assam on Wednesday.
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August 1: On July 29, 2004, Bangladesh Navy seized 24,000 sacks of fertilizer worth Tk. one crore 8 million while seven engine boats en-route to Burma, on the Bay of Bengal near Bhola Channel, according to the local news paper.
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Myanmar Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt will travel to Hanoi next week, the Vietnamese foreign ministry said Thursday, for talks expected to focus on the deadlock over October’s Asia-Europe Meeting.
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The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) radio station that currently operates from Norway may move its broadcasting base to Ireland, a spokesman said on Thursday.
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August 4: Sir, In challenging my critique of economic sanctions on Myanmar, Nyan Lett (Letters, August 2) writes that “the regime managed to spend more than 60 per cent of gross domestic product on expansion of the military . . .”. This is a good example of emotion overtaking reason regarding Myanmar. The authoritative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) puts Myanmar’s military spending at 2.1 per cent of gross domestic product in the year 2000 (the most recent datum), and at an average of 3.0 per cent of gross domestic product during the period
1990-2000.
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