Miss Kengtung Wins Miss Universe Myanmar 2023

YANGON, Sept 15 (NNN-MNA) – Miss Kengtung, Amara Bo, was crowned the title of “Miss Universe Myanmar 2023” in the Miss Universe Myanmar 2023 finale, held in Yangon, last night. A total of 32 beauty contestants representing the big cities in Myanmar participated in the Miss Universe Myanmar 2023. Amara…

10 Missing As Boat Capsized In Bihar

NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (NNN-PTI) – At least 10 people went missing, while 20 others were rescued, after a boat carrying them capsized today, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said. The boat capsized in the river Bagmati in Muzaffarpur district, about 73 km north of Patna, the…

Five Killed, 25 Injured In Gaza Border Blast

GAZA, Sept 14 (NNN-WAFA) – At least five Palestinians were killed yesterday, in a blast at the Israel-Gaza border, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said. The explosion that took place during a mass demonstration of the Palestinians injured 25 others, it added. Before the blast, there was a clash…

Fire Kills 56 At Apartment Block In Vietnamese Capital

HANOI, Sept 14 (NNN-VNA) – A fire at a mini apartment block killed 56 and injured 37, as of last night, in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi. Of the 56 fatalities, 39 have been identified. A 44-year-old local man, the owner of the nine-story apartment block in Thanh Xuan district, has been…

Israel Strikes Syrian Military Sites In Central Region

DAMASCUS, Sept 14 (NNN-SANA) – In the second attack late yesterday, an Israeli missile strike hit Syrian military sites, in the central province of Hama and caused damage, the Syrian army said, in a statement. The attack, which was carried out from inside the Lebanese airspace, hit the sites in…

Pakistani Police Killed Banned Outfit Commander In Balochistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police has killed a commander of a banned organization in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the CTD said. CTD personnel conducted an operation on a tip-off about the presence of the terrorist commander belonging to the banned outfit Islamic State…

Family Of Late U.S. Collector Returns 33 Stolen Cultural Artefacts To Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Sept 14 (NNN-AKP) – The family of a U.S. private collector, George Lindemann, has returned 33 stolen cultural artefacts to Cambodia, the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement, yesterday. The artefacts, removed from Cambodia in the 1990s, include a reclining Vishnu and Ardhanarishvara,…

Laos, Cuba Vow To Further Strengthen Ties

VIENTIANE, Sept 14 (NNN-KPL) – A delegation of Cuban parliamentarians paid a courtesy visit to senior Lao government leaders in the Lao capital, Vientiane, aiming to strengthen interparliamentary ties between Laos and Cuba. Vice President of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power, Ana Mari Machado, and her delegation, met Vice…

Myanmar Received 751,216 Int’l Tourists In Jan-Aug

YANGON, Sept 14 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar welcomed 751,216 international tourists in the first eight months of this year, according to the country’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, yesterday. Between Jan and Aug this year, 558,199 visitors entered Myanmar via border gates, and 193,017 tourists visited the country via air route,…

Electronics Manufacturing Makes Up Nearly 18 Percent Of Vietnam’s Industry

HANOI, Sept 14 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s electronics sector accounts for 17.8 percent of the whole industrial sector, according to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Vietnam ranks among the world’s top 15 biggest exporters of electronic products. The export turnover of Vietnam’s electronic sector last year,…