The Republic of Korea donated 600 tonnes of rice for the COVID-19 affected Myanmar through Tier 3 programme of ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR).
Magway Region has suffered 1,865 natural disasters in five years from 2015-2016 to 2019-2020, according to the Magway Region Disaster Management Department.
The value of Myanmar-China border trade through Muse land border as of 13 November has dropped by almost 50 per cent compared with a year-ago period, the trade data issued by the Ministry of Commerce showed.
Union Minister for Planning, Finance and Industry U Soe Win held a videoconference with Ms Mariam Sherman, the World Bank Country Director for Myanmar, and officials yesterday.