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Japan to finance water supply projects in Myanmar

Xinhua, October 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Japanese government will provide 14 billion U.S. dollars for water supply projects in three areas in Myanmar, sources with the Ministry of Livestock, Fishery and Rural Development said Saturday.

The project covering villages in Mandalay, Magway and Sagaing regions will be initiated in 2016-17 fiscal year.

The two sides have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently.

Meanwhile, the ministry implemented a total of 431 rural water supply works in 2014-15 fiscal year. Endi