Yangon, Burma Travel News

YANGON: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Myanmar on Saturday, an official told AFP, for an overnight visit as part of a regional tour as his country's likely next leader.

Myanmar's military-ruled government may release pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi soon so she can play a role in next year's general elections, according to a senior Myanmar diplomat.

Foreign tourists voted Bangkok the most attractive city to visit among 10 of 11 member cities of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 , Thai News Agency reported.

A worker at a plastic factory in Hlaing township holds low-density polyethylene beads used to make plastic bags.

Bangkok, the Thai capital, was voted by foreign tourists as the most attractive city to visit among 10 of the 11 member cities of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 , with Thai food the most attractive factor, Thai News Agency online reported Wednesday.

Visiting United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Kurt Campbell met with house-confined General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi at the Inya Lake Hotel here Wednesday under arrangement made by the Myanmar government.

Sedona Hotel Yangon and Sedona Hotel Mandalay lauded for promoting environmentally sustainable tourism.

Our pick-up bowls through a patchwork countryside of green rice-paddy fields criss-crossed by small waterways.

Standing atop the Theingyizay Bridge overpass in Yangon , Myanmar , I sensed the exhilarating roar of hundreds of buyers and sellers float up to me from the Mahabandula Street market below.

The American at the center of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's trial on security charges was admitted to hospital overnight after collapsing in prison, a U.S. Embassy official said Tuesday.

Early morning mist shrouds the temple-filled Mrauk Oo archeological site as breakfast beckons.

A North Korean-flagged ship under close watch in Asian waters is believed to be heading toward Myanmar carrying small arms cargo banned under a new U.N. resolution, a South Korean intelligence official said.

An international music festival was launched at the French Embassy in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon Saturday.