The towns of Paung,
Mawlamyine, Mudon, Thanbyuzayat, Kyaikmaraw and Ye were flooded, while schools were temporarily shut down in Paung since Friday.
In addition, 3 villagers, 2 NMSP Central Executive Committee leaders and 3 Mon Community Service Organizations were interviewed in
Mawlamyine. In the KNU area, the distribution was as follows: KNU administrative persons and judges (7 persons), village elites (14 persons), religious leaders (2 persons), women's group members (3 persons), ordinary villagers (20 persons, of whom 6 were men and 14 were women).
Students from colleges in Magwe, Pakkoku, and
Mawlamyine are also planning protests.
YANGON, MYANMAR: The ADB and Japan are supporting a project to scale up incomes and new employment opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs selling crafts and local food to tourists and residents in four townships in Mon state--Chaungzon Island, Kyaikto,
Mawlamyine and Mudon.
Chris Tarrant on a train in
Mawlamyine, Myanmar and being served tea at the Kalaw hotel, Kalaw, Myanmar
Local Business person,
Mawlamyine, Myanmar, 9 November 2013.
Trainees from Football United and Myanmar Football Federation club coaches came from Yangon, Taunggyi, Mandalay and
Mawlamyine.
Among the new options are itineraries that link Sukhothai and Mae Sot in Thailand to the remote and rarely visited Hpa An and
Mawlamyine areas of Myanmar.
The flight from
Mawlamyine had originated in Yangon, the country's biggest city.
The GMS economic corridors consist of the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC), linking
Mawlamyine in Myanmar to Da Nang in Viet Nam; the North-South Economic Corridor (NSEC), connecting Kunming in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to Bangkok, Thailand, via the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao P DR); and the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC), linking Bangkok to Phnom Penh, and then to Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
At a ceremony in the Mon State capital
Mawlamyine, Yohei Sasakawa, Nippon Foundation chairman, said he believes those who support democratic reform in Myanmar "should assist the ongoing peace process in the country."
Three species of water scorpions in the genus Ranatra have previously been recorded from Burma based on limited material: R varipes Stal from Moulmein (
Mawlamyine) in the Salween River delta; R.