THE Ministry of Hotels and Tourism launched the Chinese language HSK-II training in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Speaking at the event, Un­ion Minister Dr Thet Thet Kh­ine said the tourism industry is a service-oriented business, and it is important to be able to serve the tourists in their languages. In addition to Chi­nese language courses under the ministry’s programmes, English, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Thai language courses are also being opened nationwide. She then urged the trainees to learn carefully and make efforts to become good employees who can be reliable ones for the ministry.

Then, the principal of Fu­qing International Language Centre reported on the learn­ing conditions and the current plans for the training courses. The Union minister and the deputy minister oversaw the Chinese language training courses and provided neces­sary instructions. The train­ing will last two months and the staff officers and staff will join it.

At noon, the Union min­ister received Yangon Inter­national Hotel President Mr Koki Onodera at the ministry and discussed the promotion of tourism to Japan, invitation processes to attract Japanese tourists to Myanmar and plans to share good images of the country to Japanese people. — MNA/KTZH