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Honoring Myanmar Women’s Day: Kachin State CM joined collective tree planting ceremony

2 July 2025
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2025-07-02 15:29

To celebrate Myanmar Women's Day 2025, which falls on July 3, a collective tree-planting ceremony was held on July 2 at a vacant plot near the football field within the Myitkyina University campus. The event was attended by Kachin State Chief Minister U Khet Htain Nan, along with officials, and the Patron, Chairperson, and members of the State Women's Affairs Committee.

First, the Chief Minister delivered an honorary speech at the collective tree-planting event.

Following his speech, the Chief Minister distributed saplings for the monsoon collective tree-planting. The Chief Minister and attendees then joyfully planted 950 shade trees, including Pyinkado and Tamalan, at their respective designated spots.

Additionally, on July 1 at 9:30 AM, the Chief Minister attended and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of project training courses at the State Small-Scale Industries Department Office, within its training and development hall. These training courses aim to create small-scale production enterprises and increase the income of rural families within Kachin State.

The project involves forming committees in wards and villages to provide vocational training. Following his speech, the Chief Minister and officials provided financial support for three training courses (bread baking, food processing, and consumer goods production technology), with each course receiving 150 lakh Kyats, totaling 450 lakh Kyats. They also distributed teaching aids and training materials. After that, they inspected the display of training support materials within the training hall.

Furthermore, in the afternoon, the Chief Minister held a coordination meeting with the members of the review committee at the Mali Hka Hall of the State Government Office. The meeting focused on the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Kachin State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and the People's Government of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.

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