Today, U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell and Union Deputy Minister of Culture U Than Swe hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Shwe Nan-Daw Monastery (Shwe Kyaung) in Mandalay to formally commence a historic preservation partnership between the U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Culture. Over the next two years, U.S.-funded specialists will train local craftsmen ... Read More»
U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell Discusses U.S. Policy and Education at Mandalay University
Today, U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell delivered a lecture on the United States’ commitment to the Asia Pacific region, including bilateral cooperation as this country undertakes further democratic and economic reforms, to an audience of 170 students and faculty at Mandalay University. Speaking at the event attended by undergraduate and graduate students from the university’s International ... Read More»
Ex-Im Bank Opens for Short-Term and Medium-Term Financing in Burma
EXIM provides U.S. businesses with solutions to protect against foreign buyer nonpayment and in turn support the export of more American.-made goods and services. One product in particular that allows businesses to protect themselves against foreign buyer nonpayment is Export Credit Insurance. Read More Read More»
Commercial Law Development Program Workshop
From January 9-10, 2014, a delegation from the Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) and the Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) traveled to Naypyitaw where CLDP hosted a two-day workshop on energy and natural resource-related financial modeling for 30 Myanmar government officials from the Central Bank, the Auditor General’s Office, ... Read More»
$5M Grant to Reduce Child Labor in Burma Awarded by US Labor Department
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to the International Labour Organization to implement a project to reduce child labor in Burma and support the Government of Burma’s efforts to comply with international standards. The project will: Support research and collection of data ... Read More»