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Mizzima News
April 28, 2018
Municipal staff in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Shan State, and Kayin State, for example, are using mobile app technology to review and input tax and licensing data in real time, producing more transparent tax bills that residents can trust. The data generated is also being used to guide reform of municipal taxes.
Xinhua
April 21, 2018
... one which hit the city in January this year," an official from the department told Xinhua. No damage has been reported. So far this month, there have been several slight magnitude earthquakes, including those in Phyu, Bago region, Yangon region, Pyapon, Ayeyarwaddy region and Sagaing region.
Myanmar Times
April 5, 2018
SolarHome, the pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go Solar for off-grid households in Southeast Asia, has successfully installed 6,000 solar home systems in the rural areas of Ayeyarwaddy and Sagaing, Magwe and Mandalay regions, collectively known as the Dry Zone of Myanmar. This comes just a year after theÃÂ ...
Burma News International
April 4, 2018
The Western Pwo Kayin (Karen) Literature Support Youth Group has provided textbooks and teaching aids to 1,765 Western Pwo Kayin (Phalon) teachers from eight townships in the Ayeyarwaddy Region. The group's campaign officer Sa Khwar Khwar said the group has started providing the aids sinceÃÂ ...
TIME
April 2, 2018
Farmers really are the front line of shifting [weather] patterns. When farmers are looking at a late monsoon or an early monsoon, or an elongated one, those have a dramatic effect on crops. In the Ayeyarwaddy Delta, we have all this fresh water that comes down from the Ayeyarwaddy [River], and then as theÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
April 2, 2018
“There were some weaknesses on the ministry's part when the contracts were made with the miners and also many delays when submissions were made by the miners to pay gold to the government,” U Thein Swe, committee chair and Amyotha Hluttaw MP from Ayeyarwaddy Region, told The MyanmarÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
April 2, 2018
Seeing the lake in its current state is unbearable for U Myo Tin Mhwe, a member of the local Bird Lovers Association. Ten years ago there were 37 water bird species living on Paleik Lake, a fresh water lake which served by the Myitnge River – a tributary of the Ayeyarwaddy. Earlier this year, he counted justÃÂ ...
The Peninsula Qatar
March 23, 2018
The new towns which have been added to the network are Kyone Pyaw, Zalun, Tharbaung, Yegyi, Kyaiklat and Mawlamyaingkyung in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Yesagyo, Seikphyu and Minhla in Magway Region, Salingyi , Khin-U, Kanbalu, Pinlebu and Tigyaing in Sagaing Region, Hopong and Mongmit inÃÂ ...
Telecompaper
March 22, 2018
Ooredoo has expanded its 4G+ network to an additional 21 townships in Myanmar. The Ooredoo 4G+ network has now been extended to cover the townships of Kyone Pyaw, Zalun, Tharbaung, Yegyi, Kyaiklat and Mawlamyaingkyung in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Yesagyo, Seikphyu and Minhla in MagwayÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
March 21, 2018
Bagan-A new elephant camp will be opened near the Palin village in Nyaung Oo Township, Mandalay Region on March 28 according to assistant general manager of Myanmar Timber Enterprise Than Soe Oo. The new elephant camp is 5 mile distant from Nyaung Oo near Ayeyarwaddy River. As theÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
March 20, 2018
Myanmar has a long coastline of nearly 3 000 km. It can be divided into three coastal regions: the Rakhine Coastal Region, the Ayeyarwaddy Delta and the Gulf of Moattama Coastal Region and the Thanintharyi Coastal Region. The Department of Fisheries (DoF) reports that fisheries are the fourth mostÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
March 13, 2018
Before 2020, 33 townships will be covered under the ASC Project, including Nay Pyi Taw, Madayar, Yamethin in Mandalay Region, Sittway in Rakhine State, Hinthada, Kyaik Lat in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Twantay, Thone Gwa, Kawtmhu in Yangon Region, Shwe Taung, Letpadan in Bago Region.
Arab News
March 12, 2018
Myanmar military troops stand in formation along the shore during the second day of 'Sin Phyu Shin' joint military exercises in Ayeyarwaddy delta region, in this February 3, 2018 photo. (AFP). YANGON: After driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, Myanmar's military is building basesÃÂ ...
Xinhua
March 12, 2018
The 1,200-km Chindwin River, a major tributary of the mighty Ayeyarwaddy River, spills her strength into the longer river at a place not far from Mandalay, an old city that is the heart of Myanmar. It runs through misty-blue mountains and charming towns and villages, proudly running through a region ofÃÂ ...
Asian Correspondent
March 8, 2018
Rehana Khatun, whose husband Mohammed Nur was among 10 Rohingya men killed by Myanmar security forces and Buddhist villagers on September 2, 2017, poses for a picture with her child at Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 19, 2018. Source: Reuters/Mohammad PonirÃÂ ...
UkrAgroConsult
March 5, 2018
The estimate was confirmed by Union Minister U Aung Thu, who quoted similar numbers during a farmers' roundtable talk on March 2 in Danubyu, Ayeyarwaddy Region. However, Myanmar is still mainly exporting average-grade rice to China, implying that the country is still overly reliant on its neighbour.
Asian Correspondent
March 5, 2018
2018-02-03T144151Z_1895820140_RC1D88F345D0_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-940x580. Myanmar military commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, attends a military exercise at Ayeyarwaddy delta region in Myanmar, February 3, 2018. Source: Reuters/Lynn Bo Bo/Pool. 157.
Myanmar Times
March 5, 2018
Workers dry the paddy under sunlight in a field at the Kyaunggon Township in the Ayeyarwaddy region, Myanmar. Photo - ... The estimate was confirmed by Union Minister U Aung Thu, who quoted similar numbers during a farmers' roundtable talk on March 2 in Danubyu, Ayeyarwaddy Region. HoweverÃÂ ...
Telecompaper
February 19, 2018
MPT reports that its employees and other volunteers in the Ayeyarwaddy Region have worked together for the benefit of the environment in stage 4 of the MPT Clean and Fresh to Move Forward CSR Campaign on 17 February in Ayeyarwaddy Region. Over 500 volunteers took part in a clean-up campaignÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 14, 2018
In Padoh Mahn Sha Lah's birthplace in Taw Kyaung village of Ayeyarwaddy Region's Pantanaw Township, relatives and friends gathered for a memorial service, sharing their thoughts and prayers and laying wreaths in front of a statue of him unveiled last year. Mahn Tin Shwe, Mahn Sha Lah Phan's elderÃÂ ...
PRI
February 11, 2018
Myanmar military troops take part in a military exercise at Ayeyarwaddy delta region in Myanmar, February 3, 2018. Credit: Lynn Bo Bo/Reuters. Action will be taken against 10 members of Myanmar's security forces in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a governmentÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
July 3, 2017
The regional government will choose 26 townships, which an independent power producer can serve, he told the audience during a meeting which focused on increasing investments to develop the electricity sector in Ayeyarwaddy Region on July 3. The meeting was held by the Union of MyanmarÃÂ ...
Karen News
December 31, 1999
The Karen National Democratic Party (KNDP), a newly merged party of Karen political parties, has elected its central executive committee in Karen State's captial Hpa-An yesterday (March 12). A total of 32 candidates with four candidates each from former Karen parties – Phalon-Sawaw Democratic PartyÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
... his canvas, viewers are given a bird's eye view of remote places, such as the Salween River in Shan State, hilly Hakha township in Chin state, and the confluence of the May Kha and Mali Kha rivers in Kachin state - the site of the abandoned Myitsone dam project - where the Ayeyarwaddy River is born.
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
In Ayeyarwaddy Region for example, sellers personally deliver paddy to their customers. But in other regions, the buyers have to go to the sellers. “We have to go to the farmers' houses to buy paddy in Magwe,” he said. U Win Thant said problems that arise as a result of the new fixed price system will beÃÂ ...
The Asia Foundation
December 31, 1999
For example, with support from The Asia Foundation, a new app, Myankhon developed by the Yangon-based social enterprise Koe Koe Tech, for the first time allows municipal staff in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Shan State, and Kayin State to review and input tax data in real time, digitize tax records, andÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
“We will start to support in the next budget year the MCCT program in Ayeyarwaddy,” he said. According to The National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Intervention (2017-2021), 35.1 percent of Myanmar children are moderately to severely stunted, and all of these children are likely to have one or moreÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 18, 2018
I don't see other persons who have the capacity to do proper work like the resigning ministers,” said Daw Khin Hla Htay, secretary of NLD Ayeyarwaddy Region. Unlike the resignation of the Ayeyarwady ministers, the back-story of the resignations of two Bago ministers is a bit complicated. According to aÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 12, 2018
Just last week, Ayeyarwaddy Bank issued letters to credit card holders with outstanding payments, urging them to repay their debts. “This is Myanmar's big problem. People do not pay back what they owe. While it is true that businesses need loans without the burden of collateral, but banks also have a lot atÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 1, 2018
The other two sector-specific banks are Shwe Rural and Urban Development Bank that was approved in July 2014 and the Ayeyarwaddy Farmers Development Bank, which received approval in November 2015. In the tourism industry, there are a few hoteliers and travel and tour company owners who areÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 28, 2017
Daw Soe Soe Than, a 53-year-old grocer living in Ayeyarwaddy Region. “When I hear 2017, I will remember the Rakhine issue with the Bengalis [The term by which a vast majority of people in Myanmar designate the Muslims who call themselves Rohingyas]. I stand with Mother Suu, always. But no clearÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 28, 2017
Bagan, located at the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River, is a place where anyone can go during all seasons of the year. During the winter, the ancient city is caught in the mist, during the early hours. Watching the sun rise from above the pagodas is also an experience you will never forget. The best way to visitÃÂ ...
just-style.com
December 22, 2017
About 75% of workers are Bamar and are migrants to Yangon, often from Ayeyarwaddy, Magway, or Bago Regions. The largest ethnic minority group of workers are Rakhine (19%). While the length of service varies, 25% of workers have spent less than six months at their current factories and almost halfÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 20, 2017
Farmers in Bago and Ayeyarwaddy, which sow the largest volumes of black beans in the country, are the worst affected. To mitigate the fallout, the government has attempted to raise local consumption of black beans and encourage farmers to plant other crops. Already, land reserved for the sowing of blackÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
September 7, 2017
When monsoon approaches, the Ayeyarwaddy river -- the lifeline of Myanmar -- can turn into the residents' worst enemy. This year alone, 100,000 people were ... A little village on the bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River, Ngwe Taung Kyun, is home to 300 people. All arable land around Khunnanit Eain TanÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
September 7, 2017
The sarus cranes live in agricultural areas and wetlands in Kachin State, Shan State, Bago Region, Rakhine State. And, of course, all across Ayeyarwaddy Region. But they are classified as “vulnerable” by International Union for Conservation of Nature, a Swiss-based organization, and face many threats.
The Straits Times
July 24, 2017
YANGON (AFP, REUTERS) - Rising floodwaters have swallowed a Buddhist pagoda in central Myanmar and sent tens of thousands fleeing their homes, as the government warned of more heavy rains ahead. Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed the riverside, gold-leaf-covered ThiriÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
July 3, 2017
Plans are underway for an independent power producer to provide electricity to 52 villages in Ayeyarwaddy Region, which is not connected to the national grid, said regional Electricity, Industry and Transportation Minister U Win Htay.
Telegraph.co.uk
April 7, 2017
A ferry boat has capsized in Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy delta, killing 20 people and leaving more than a dozen missing, police said. Thirty people were rescued after the ferry capsized in the Ngawun river at around 7:30 p.m. Friday, police officer Nay Lin Tun said. About 66 people were on the ferry, whichÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
November 16, 2017
... Pathein and Kangyi Taung townships of Ayeyarwaddy Region, Monywa, Ayardaw and Chaung Oo townships of Sagaing Region and Thaton ...
Myanmar Times
November 14, 2017
The Social Welfare Department will launch the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) pilot projects in three regions, starting next year, to prevent ...
Karen News
November 10, 2017
Japanese encephalitis is endemic across Southeast Asia, with major outbreaks reported last year in Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, and Yangon regions ...
Bioenergy Insight Magazine
November 8, 2017
Located in the Ayeyarwaddy Region, the Rice Husk Power Generation PJ, as it is named, will use rice husk produced from local mills, which ...
Burma News International
November 7, 2017
Japanese encephalitis is endemic across Southeast Asia, with major outbreaks reported last year in Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, and Yangon regions ...
Burma News International
November 7, 2017
Japanese encephalitis is endemic across Southeast Asia, with major outbreaks reported last year in Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, and Yangon regions ...
Renewables Now
November 7, 2017
Located in the Ayeyarwaddy Region, the Rice Husk Power Generation PJ, as it is named, will use rice husk produced from local mills, which ...
Myanmar Times
October 30, 2017
U Maung Maung Win was responding to a question raised by U Aye Win, Pyithu Hluttaw MP from Ingapu Township of Ayeyarwaddy Region ...
Guardian (blog)
October 25, 2017
... and 100 per cent of married women lost their main source of income when Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyarwaddy Delta in Myanmar in 2008.
Eleven Myanmar
October 24, 2017
Pathein – the capital of Ayeyarwaddy Division, which is the rice bowl of Myanmar, 190 kilometres west of Yangon – is famous for its halawa, ...
Myanmar Times
October 20, 2017
Aunglan and Thayet in Central Myanmar, are separated by the Ayeyarwaddy River. In order for the commuters of the two cities to travel and for ...
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