Public Service Media bill has been passed amids much criticised Press Bill drafted by the Ministry of Information without ablolishing the existing laws, according to the State-owned media on May 22.

France and Finland are to give assistance in making Yangon a greener city and a more eco-friendly, according to U Ohn of the Forest Resource Environment Development and Conservation Association (FREDA).

Myanmar authorities say they will arrange long-term housing in Rakhine State for Rakhine national ethnics who recently fled Bangladesh due to more and more use of violence against them by the Bengalis in the country.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will lead a group of businessmen when he pay a visit to Myanmar on May 24, according to a statement from the Japanese government.