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
Asia Mongolia The Treasury Department of the Bank of Mongolia (BoM) has issued a 1 oz 999 silver coin marking the Year of the Tiger; the new coins are now available on BoM's coin.mongolbank.mn website
Asia Mongolia Given the declining interest in the sport in Japan, there are more and more sumo champions coming from the country; the three yokozuna (considered to be the pinnacle of sumo culture) active between 2007 and 2017 were all Mongolians
Asia Mongolia The 'Mongolian food product-Mongolian goods' fair took place at the Central Stadium, ending today; it was an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises and herders to sell their products free of charge for 10 days
Asia Mongolia Internet users have increased by 38,4% in a decade, with 71,8% of the population aged 15 and over using the internet, according to the 2020 Population and Housing Census conducted by the National Statistics Office of Mongolia
Asia Mongolia The capital's Department of Education has organised capacity-building training for general education school psychologists, given the psychological and emotional difficulties students are facing in consequence of the pandemic