Chinese enterprises in Bangladesh offer 550,000 employment opportunities: report

STORY: Chinese enterprises in Bangladesh offer 550,000 employment opportunities: report DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of Chinese enterprises and projects in Bangladesh STORYLINE: According to a report released by the Chinese embassy in Bangladesh, Chinese enterprises in Bangladesh have so far provided approximately 550,000 employment opportunities in the South Asian country, greatly boosting employment among locals. The Social Responsibility Report of the Chinese Enterprises in Bangladesh, launched in Dhaka on Sunday, showed that there are 27 Chinese projects in the field of electric power and energy, ensuring that Bangladesh's energy mix is diversified, in addition to 12 highways, 21 bridges and seven railway lines built by Chinese companies in Bangladesh. Chinese enterprises also took part in various projects such as sewage treatment, river training, surface water treatment and campus development, which signific

Foreign tourist arrivals in Myanmar up 22.9 pct on year in Q2

STORY: Foreign tourist arrivals in Myanmar up 22.9 pct on year in Q2 DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of Yangon International Airport STORYLINE: Myanmar welcomed 42,315 foreign tourists between April and June, up 22.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. The Southeast Asian country resumed the operations of international commercial flights in April, and the number of tourists visiting the country gradually increased, the ministry's figures showed. Myanmar's Ministry of Hotels and Tourism was working to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry, drawing a strategic roadmap for Myanmar tourism recovery (2021-2025) that includes 18 strategies and 93 actions, Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism Htay Aung has said. Official data showed that more than 4.36 million tourists visited Myanmar in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak occurred in the country. The number of tourists who visited Myanmar signific

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ends with over 61,000 attendees

STORY: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ends with over 61,000 attendees DATELINE: March 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the main accesses to Fira de Barcelona venue where the MWC22 is held 2. various of the inaugural conference of MWC22 on Monday 3. various of the MWC22 4. SOUNDBITE (English): LARA DEWAR, Head of Communications and PR, GSMA 5. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): DAVID FERRER, Secretary of Digital Policy in the Catalan regional government 6. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): DAVID FERRER, Secretary of Digital Policy in the Catalan regional government STORYLINE: The Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona ended on Thursday with a total of over 61,000 attendees, exceeding the forecasts by the event's organizer GSMA. With visitors from almost 200 countries and regions and over a thousand speakers, the organizers hailed the MWC22 as a success. SOUNDBITE (English): LARA DEWAR, Head of Communications and PR, GSMA "I definitely feel that there's signific