Vice Senior General Soe Win attends 17th ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting

Vice Senior General Soe Win seen attending 17th ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting.

Nay Pyi Taw December 6

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander- in-Chief (Army) Vice Senior General Soe Win attended the 17th ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting (17th ACAMM) at the Philippines International Convention Center in Manila yesterday.

The meeting was also attended by the Chiefs of Armies from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam and the Deputy Commander in Chief of Royal Thai Army.

At the ceremony, the Commanding General of the Philippine Army gave words of greeting and the event’s opening speech, and special guest National Security Adviser Secretary Hermogenes C. Esperson Jr. delivered a speech and posed for documentary photos with the attendees. The generals who are attending the meeting discussed subjects of their countries. After the evening session, the Commanding General of the Philippines Army made concluding remarks. Generals of ASEAN Armies then signed the ACAMM Protocol.

Singapore will host the 18th ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting (18th ACAMM) in 2017. Vice Senior General Soe Win met with the Commanding General of the Philippines Army and Deputy Commander in Chief of Royal Thai Army at the Sofitel.

Vice Senior General Soe Win and his wife attended a dinner hosted by Commanding General of the Philippine Army Lt. Gen. Eduardo M Ano and wife in the Luzon Hall of the Sofitel Hotel.

The Myawady Daily

No 2 friendship bridge between Myanmar and Thailand completed by 80 per cent

Myawady December 5

No 2 Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge has been completed by 80 per cent, and it will be completed in 2017, said sources from the bridge construction project.

A coordination meeting on future tasks of the bridge took place in Mae Sot of Thailand on 2 December 2016. The bridge links Yepu village of Ward 5 in Myawady of Myanmar and Wasakin village of Ward 7 in Mae Sot of Thailand.

On 30 August 2015, Vice President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Nyan Tun and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak drove stakes for construction of the friendship bridge in Wasakin village of Mae Sot.

The No 2 Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge is under construction in order to further strengthen friendly ties and trade between the two nations. Both countries have been linking each other through No.1 friendship bridge.

Upon completion, the No 2 bridge will contribute much towards development of border trade process between the two countries and create job opportunities around the regions. Moreover, the friendship bridges  will be tools for creation of linkages of trade among Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam while promoting trade process of Mekong region.

The No 2 Myanmar- Thai Friendship Bridge is 21.40 kilometres long, being built with 3,900 million baht.

Yadanarpon Daily

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing holds country-wise talks with ASEAN defence chiefs

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with the delegation led by Chief of the Defence Forces of Royal Thai Armed Forces Gen. Sommai Kaotira at Landmark Mekong Riverside Hotel.

Nay Pyi Taw March 15

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held country-wise bilateral talks with military chiefs of ASEAN countries who would attend the 13th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting in Vientiane, Laos at Landmark Mekong Riverside Hotel yesterday afternoon.

Present together with the Senior General at the separate meetings were members of the Myanmar military delegation. The Senior General held talks with delegation led by Chief of the Defence Forces of Royal Thai Armed Forces Gen. Sommai Kaotira, delegation led by Chief of General Staff of Lao People’s Armed Forces Maj.Gen.Souvone LEUNGBOUNMY, delegation led by Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Lt.Gen.Romeo T Tanalgo, delegation led by Chief of the General Staff of Vietnam People’s Armed Forces Gen. Do Ba Ty, delegation led by Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Gen.Eth Sarath, and delegation led by Chief of Staff of Royal Brunei Armed Forces Maj.Gen. Pehin Modh Tawih Bin Abdullah separately and discussed mutual friendship, defence and security cooperation.

After the meetings followed souvenir exchange programs and documentary photo sessions. (100) 

The Myawady Daily

Papers invited for ASEAN Energy Efficient Competition 2016

Yangon February 11

Papers for ASEAN Energy Efficient Competition 2016 Myanmar will host for the second time may be submitted, according to Myanmar Energy and Environment Committee.

The contest will take place in April under the four categories of Energy Efficient Building, Energy Management, Renewable Energy and Green Building. Eleven awards will be presented and the paper submission started earlier this month.

Two papers will be shortlisted at the national level and the final date of paper submission is 18 March. The award winners from the previous competitions will recount their experiences at a briefing to be held at Yangon Technological University (Gyogon) on 15 February.

Myanmar started participating in the ASEAN Energy Efficient Competition in 2002. Myanmar accepted to host it in 2010, winning 18 awards. (336)

The Myawady Daily

The symbol of friendship

The symbol of friendship

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One more friendship bridge appears, and this time it is on the mighty Mekong a natural watercourse skirting Myanmar in her easternmost section that is a part of the Golden Triangle Region. This is the first ever Myanmar bridge on this trans boundary river passing through six countries before emptying into South China Sea.

Linking Myanmar with Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia with much economic prospects the friendship bridge will benefit not only the two friendly neighbors, but also the whole Greater Mekong Sub region and beyond.

Sandwiched between Thailand and Vietnam, and also bordering Myanmar and China in the north and Cambodia in the south, Laos is a hydro power importer of the region, selling electricity mainly to Thailand, Vietnam and China.

The bridge formally inaugurated by Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his Laotian counterpart Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, is an outcome of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy meeting held in Yangon in October 2003. At the meeting Vietnam proposed a northern economic corridor linking Myanmar and Vietnam via Laos.

Accordingly, the bridge will become an important facility on this economic corridor between Haiphong port in Vietnam and the deep-sea port in Kyaukphyu of Myanmar, with non-coastal Laos as the- in between.

A number of bridges have already been erected on this legendary river by other countries along its basin. But this newly commissioned facility stands as an obvious accomplishment in the history of cooperation between the governments of Laos and Myanmar as well as a catalyst for increasing their bilateral trade volume.

Additionally, it bears witness to the strengthening amity, cooperation, trust and understanding between the two ASEAN member states.

The governments of Laos and Myanmar reached an agreement on building the bridge during President U Thein Sein’s offi cial good will visit to Laos in March 2012. The project started in February 2013 after a groundbreaking ceremony. The construction of the 691.6 meters long and 10.9 meters wide bridge took roundabout 30 months and completed five months ahead of the target date.

The bridge capable of withstanding 75 tons of loads per vehicle was built at a cost of USD $ 26 million. It was a joint project between Myanmar and Laos with each country contributing 50 percent of the cost.

The overpass is located between Houay Koum village, approximately 13-km north from Xiangkok village, Long district, Luang Namtha province of Laos, and Kenglap, Thachilek district, eastern Shan State of Myanmar.

A momentous historic landmark between the two nations sharing a 230-kilometer long common border in their remote areas, the bridge will also help create cross-border trade and ease transportation between the two nations in particular and their neighbors, including China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh and India in general.

As for the locals, they do not need to rely solely on ferry boats to cross the river as in the past. The friendship bridge has opened up a speedy and smooth transport of goods and passengers between the two neighbors and also acted as a springboard for development of the remote area where it is located.

Finally, the friendship bridge is a milestone and a symbol of the 60-year old friendly diplomatic relations between the two countries which was established in July 1955.

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