“The FDA currently has only 100 staff, which is not enough to carry out strict monitoring processes to ensure the safety of the 50 million people in Myanmar,” he said. “In comparison, Thailand’s FDA has more than 1000 staff to monitor products there.”

“We are now working hard on rehearsals so we can present marionette demonstrations and traditional dances at the fair,”

JEEPS, mini-trucks and light trucks manufactured in Myanmar using high-quality imported parts are becoming an increasingly common sight on the streets of Mandalay due to their low prices. Domestic vehicle production started in Myanmar in 2000.

“Our company already has enough cars to run the service so I thought it would be a good idea even if other companies are not interested in running similar services,”

MYANMAR’S national under-20 coach, U Sann Win, said last week he was sure the team would make it to at least the semifinals of the ASEAN U20 Championships, which kicks off in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this week.

From the first time they met in 1954, music has always fuelled their souls. It has been more than 50 years and the passion is still burning. The night they met, U Saw Apollo approached U Walter, who was playing the guitar at a party, and asked him earnestly, “Would you mind playing a song with me?” And thus a friendship was born.

“I’m happy,” Nu Nu Yi (Inwa) told The Myanmar Times. “For 20 years I have devoted my life to what I love. Despite all of the hardships and obstacles I have had to endure, my name has finally transcended Myanmar’s boundaries.”