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Myanmar hosts seminar on RCEP implementation practices

STORY: Myanmar hosts seminar on RCEP implementation practices SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: Nay Pyi Taw CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the seminar 2. various of Myanmar's Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Dr. Kan Zaw speaking 3. various of Zheng Zhihong, minister counselor of the Chinese embassy in Myanmar speaking 4. various of U Win Zeyar Tun, vice chair of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation National Coordination Unit Myanmar speaking STORYLINE: A seminar on the understanding and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement kicked off in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, bringing representatives from six Lancang-Mekong countries together. The three-day seminar was organized under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation framework. Speaking at the opening event, Zheng Zhihong, minister counselor of the Chinese embassy in Myanmar, said the RCEP is a free trade agreement with the largest participating popu

(SP)MYANMAR-YANGON-LETHWEI-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(SP)MYANMAR-YANGON-LETHWEI-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(230820) -- YANGON, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tun Tun Min (L) of Myanmar fights with Thwe Thit Win Hlaing of Myanmar during a Myanmar Lethwei World Championship of Myanmar traditional boxing match in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug. 20, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

(SP)MYANMAR-YANGON-LETHWEI-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(SP)MYANMAR-YANGON-LETHWEI-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(230820) -- YANGON, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tun Tun Min (L) of Myanmar fights with Thwe Thit Win Hlaing of Myanmar during a Myanmar Lethwei World Championship of Myanmar traditional boxing match in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug. 20, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

(SP)CHINA-DALIAN-FOOTBALL-INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY-CHINA VS MYANMAR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-DALIAN-FOOTBALL-INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY-CHINA VS MYANMAR (CN)

(230616) -- DALIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Win Naing Tun (R) of Myanmar competes against Liu Yang of China during an international football friendly between China and Myanmar in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

(SP)CHINA-DALIAN-FOOTBALL-INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY-CHINA VS MYANMAR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-DALIAN-FOOTBALL-INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY-CHINA VS MYANMAR (CN)

(230616) -- DALIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Win Naing Tun (R) of Myanmar and Xu Xin of China vie for a header during an international football friendly between China and Myanmar in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

Myanmar forestry minister

Myanmar forestry minister

TOKYO, Japan - Win Tun, Myanmar's minister for environmental conservation and forestry, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2012.

Myanmar aims to start Rohingya repatriation by June

Myanmar aims to start Rohingya repatriation by June

Myanmar Social Welfare minister Win Myat Aye (far R) speaks at a press briefing on Rohingya repatriation while Office of the Union Government minister Thaung Tun (far L) looks on, at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Yangon on April 19, 2018. Sitting in between the two is State Counselor Office minister Kyaw Tint Swe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo