Deputy Minister for Information U Aung Hla Tun inspected the IPRD Offices in townships and Yangon Region, and studios from the Film Development Centre situated in Golden Valley, Bahan Township, Yangon, yesterday morning.

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party who were in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation arrived back in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Vice President U Henry Van Thio who was in Chin State to inspect regional development works went to Kan Pa Le elephant foot yam and hill fruit drying and value adding work at No. 2 Ward, Kanpetlet Town on 26 April in the afternoon. The Vice President was accompanied by Chin State Chief Minister Salai Lian Luai, State Hluttaw Speaker U Zo Bawi, Deputy Minister Maj-Gen Than Htut and U Hla Maw Oo, state ministers and officials.

Vice President U Myint Swe, Chairman of the Private Sector Development Committee (PSDC) and businesspersons held the 26th regular meeting at the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) in Yangon yesterday morning. In his address to the meeting the Vice President said the 20-members PSDC was formed in 24 October 2016 by Presidential order to effectively carry out the tasks of the private sector development framework. It had reached a life term of two and half years and had formed five work committees to coordinate difficulties faced by businesses with relevant union ministerial departments and state and region governments.

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi participated in the roundtable meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing yesterday.

A ceremony to open a rural concrete was held in Kyakhatgone Village, Kyaikmaraw Township in Mon State this morning.