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USAID Partners with Ministry of Construction to Improve Safety on Yangon-Mandalay Highway

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Construction signed a letter of agreement on May 27 to improve the safety of the Yangon-Mandalay Highway. The highway is the main ground route from Yangon to Nay Pyi Taw, through the center of the country. U.S. architecture and engineering experts will train ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Burma | 10 June, 2014 | Topics: Press Releases

Gap Inc. Announces Partnership with USAID to Support Women Entrepreneurs

Today at a signing ceremony attended by U.S. Ambassador Derek J. Mitchell and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Chris Milligan, Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) announced that the company is partnering with USAID to invest in the social and economic growth. By producing its products from two factories in Yangon, Gap Inc. becomes ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Burma | 9 June, 2014 | Topics: Press Releases

Visit of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker

Yangon – During her June 6-7 visit, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker met with President Thein Sein, Vice President Nyan Tun, Speaker of the Lower House Thura Shwe Mann, several Union Government ministers, Chair of the Lower House Rule of Law and Tranquility Committee Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, civil society leaders, and executives ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Burma | 7 June, 2014 | Topics: Security & Emergency Messages

Security Message for United States Citizens – Thailand Travel Alert

Message for U.S. Citizens May 28, 2014 Thailand Travel Alert The U.S. Department of State recommends that U.S. citizens reconsider any non-essential travel to Thailand, particularly Bangkok, due to ongoing political and social unrest and restrictions on internal movements, including an indefinite nighttime curfew throughout Thailand. The Department of State has advised official U.S. government travelers ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Burma | 28 May, 2014 | Topics: Security & Emergency Messages

Ambassador Derek Mitchell’s Remarks at the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies

Thank you for the kind welcome. I want to thank Myanmar ISIS for the opportunity to be here today. A special thanks to Myanmar ISIS chairman Ambassador U Nyunt Maung Shein, Thwin Htet Lin, and the ISIS team for this opportunity. A warm hello to current and former MOFA officials, fellow diplomats, other ISIS members, ... Read More»

By U.S. Mission Burma | 27 May, 2014 | Topics: News

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