Asia Mongolia The Cabinet approved a resolution to provide MIAT Airlines with MNT 4,7 billion (USD 1,5 million) to increase the frequency of the Frankfurt-Ulaanbaatar route given the increased passenger flow at the start of the tourist season
Asia Mongolia Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been added to the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves; the lake contains nearly 70% of Mongolia's freshwater, 0,4% of the world's total
Asia Mongolia The annual multinational peacekeeping exercise, code-named Khaan Quest 2022, kicked off on Monday at the Five Hills training area near the Mongolian capital with more than 1.000 military personnel from 15 countries
Asia Mongolia Researchers from the University of Cambridge have begun conducting a study on the implementation of syllabuses, as one of the goals of the government’s action program is to create an internationally recognised general education system
Asia Mongolia The IFC has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Mines and Heavy Industry to develop people's digital skills, including those in the public sector, to promote greater use and understanding of existing data for the benefit of local mining communities
Asia Mongolia The country will increase the monthly minimum wage by 31% to 550.000 Mongolian tugriks (about $178) from the beginning of 2023; currently, the minimum wage in the Asian country is 420.000 tugriks (about $136)
Asia Mongolia Construction work on a 25MW thermal power plant will start this May in three soums of Zavkhan aimag under the government's New Revival Policy
Asia Mongolia Today open in Ulaanbaatar the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships; at their 35th edition, they will close in 24 April
Asia Mongolia Medicines, animal vaccines, tea, sugar, telecommunications equipment, trucks and other goods imported from India amounted to $30 million value last year
Asia Mongolia National figures for imports have been rising public attention: over 98% of nitrogenous fertilizers come from Russia, as 98,4% of goods transported by rail, 88,6% of petroleum byproducts, 84,3% of natural gas and 62% of iron rebar
Asia Mongolia The "Integrated Production System for Sustainable Cashmere - II" project for 2022 is working with seven cooperatives in Bayankhongor province to support and engage herders to adopt sustainable practices and reach Sustainable Cashmere Certification
Asia Mongolia Capacity building training for forestry experts was organised using an interactive, practice-based approach for the use of Geographical Information System, supported by GIZ project "Sustainable Resilient Ecosystem and Agriculture Management in Mongolia"
Asia Mongolia The Minister of Road Development and Transport has expressed the country's interest in passing the flow of transport between Asia and Europe through its territory and becoming more active in regional and international transport networks