By M.ZOLJARGAL The Songinokhairkhan District Labor Department, under the Ministry of Labor, Songinokhairkhan District Prosecutor’s Office and the district’s Police Department held a “Supporting employment of former inmate citizens” event yesterday. The event took place at Dragon Restaurant and provided information regarding employment support law, laws supporting employers, laws supporting private businesses and cooperatives, [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL In accordance with a 2010 order by President Ts.Elbegdorj, the second Saturday of every May is celebrated as National Tree Planting Day in Mongolia. As part of the day, the staff of Altan Dornod Mongol, a company leading mining operations in Zaamar soum of Tuv Province, planted 1,000 sea buckthorn trees and [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL The Ulaanbaatar City Tourism Agency (UCTA), trade and service departments of district governor’s offices, and the Mongolian Hotel Association have joined together to launch the “Profession Promotion Day and Training” to improve operations and service in the city’s hospitality sector. For the training sessions, top performing hotels from each district were selected [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL Today, in the 21st century, there are still many Mongolian households without access to electricity, especially in Songinokhairkhan, the largest district in Ulaanbaatar. A new solar-powered lighting solution is now being offered to district residents. The “Incense Stick Light” project implemented by the Korea Green Foundation (KGF) is providing solar battery lanterns [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL As part of U.S. observed Mother’s Day holiday on May 12, international organization, Save the Children presented its 14th annual State of the World’s Mothers report. The report ranks 176 countries as the best and the worst places in the world to be a mother, and ranked Mongolia 91st. Scandinavian countries including [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL The regular meeting of the Ulaanbaatar City Representative’s Council on May 9 included approval of the “Apartments for the Elderly” program, a program to create affordable housing and services for elderly residents of Ulaanbaatar. The meeting also reviewed locations for the 80 new schools to be built in Ulaanbaatar this year. The “Apartments [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL National Tree Planting Day took place nationwide on May 11. President of Mongolia, Ts.Elbegdorj, and officials of the Office of the President planted trees along the auto road in Khui Doloo Khudag where the Naadam celebration horse race takes place every summer. This was the inauguration of a project to plant trees [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Mongolia’s national airline, will receive its own airplane, ordered from The Boeing Company, at 12 pm at the American company’s facility in Seattle, Washington, on May 15. Over 20 officials, including State Secretary of Ministry of Road and Transportation of Mongolia, B.Batzaya; Executive Director of MIAT, G.Jargalsaikhan; Director of [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL The President of Mongolia, Ts.Elbegdorj, passed an order in 2007 to improve the living conditions, livelihoods and herding of the “Reindeer People”. Also known as the Tsaatan, they are herders who primarily raise reindeer in the north. Accordingly, on its last meeting on May 11, the government approved a new decree which [...]
By M.ZOLJARGAL To help alleviate the social challenges of veterans who once defended Mongolia in war, the President of Mongolia ratified 170th Order established in 2008. Since the formation of the“Innovation” Government, an apartment project for the elderly has been implemented, yet many veterans were late to register for housing. Twenty-one veterans have been [...]
