As part of extra-curricular activities, participants of the Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomatic Studies (Batch 2) from the Myanmar Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, conducted a study visit to the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre of the Embassy of India in Yangon on 5 September 2026.

In the morning, H.E. Mr. Abhay Thakur, Ambassador of India to Myanmar, delivered a briefing on multifaceted bilateral cooperation between India and Myanmar, followed by an interactive Question and Answer session. Afterwards, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon featuring traditional Indian cuisine for the participants.

In the afternoon, the participants visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and had a courtesy meeting with the Chairman and members of the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS). During the interaction, MISIS members delivered a lecture titled “Current Trends in Contemporary International Relations”, concluding with an interactive discussion.

The Closing Ceremony of the Certificate Course in Basic Diplomatic Skills (47) conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was held on 4 September 2026 at 10:00 am, at the Wunzinminyarzar Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yangon). H.E. U Naing Min Kyaw, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs delivered the closing remarks.

Present at the occasions were retired Deputy Ministers, retired Myanmar ambassadors, senior diplomats, the Director-General and other responsible officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, professors and trainees.

The Certificate Course in Basic Diplomatic Skills (46/2024) was conducted in Yangon, for twelve weeks from 15 June 2026 to 4 September 2026. A total of 93 trainees, including civil servants and individuals from private sector interested in international relations and diplomacy, attended the course. This course covered the subjects related to diplomacy, international relations, current international affairs, international law, political economy and general knowledge.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Yangon
September 4, 2026

The Opening Ceremony of the Course in Diplomacy (CID) Batch No. 9 for the newly recruited junior officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held at 10:00 a.m. on 24 August 2026 at the Lawkanatt Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw. At the ceremony, U Tin Maung Swe, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, delivered the opening remarks.

The ceremony was attended by the Deputy Ministers, the Permanent Secretary, Directors-General and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and trainees.

The 11-week training course, combining theoretical lectures and practical exercises, is designed for 29 newly recruited junior officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2026. The course will cover subjects including the functions and responsibilities of the departments under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as diplomacy, international relations, cooperation with regional and international organizations, ASEAN affairs, consular affairs, international law, and professional skills development.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nay Pyi Taw
24 August 2026

(21-8-2026, Nay Pyi Taw)

The closing ceremony of the Course for Attache’ on Foreign Service Skills (CfA) Batch No.6 was held at 10:00 a.m. on 21 August 2026 at the Lawkanatt Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs U Ko Ko Kyaw and U Naing Min Kyaw, the Permanent Secretary, Directors-General, Deputy Directors-General, departmental officials, and 30 trainees of the course.

The eight-week training course, conducted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, covered core diplomatic competencies and subjects, including the functions and duties of Myanmar Missions abroad, foreign policy and diplomatic affairs, bilateral relations, international organizations, ASEAN affairs, consular matters, administrative and financial matters, and other practical skills required for foreign service duties.

အဆိုပါလေ့လာရေးခရီးစဉ် ပထမနေ့ ၃၀-၇-၂၀၂၆ (ကြာသပတေးနေ့) တွင် နိုင်ငံခြားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာနသို့ သွားရောက်၍ ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးကို ဂါရဝပြု တွေ့ဆုံခြင်းနှင့် Naypyitaw State Academy သို့ သွားရောက်လေ့လာခြင်း၊ ဒုတိယနေ့ ၃၁-၇-၂၀၂၆ (သောကြာနေ့) တွင် တတိယအကြိမ် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် ဒုတိယပုံမှန်အစည်းအဝေး (၁၂)ရက်မြောက်နေ့ အစည်းအဝေးသို့လေ့လာသူအဖြစ် တက်ရောက်ခြင်း၊ အမျိုးသားပြတိုက်သို့ သွားရောက် လေ့လာခြင်းနှင့် မာရဝိဇိယ ဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်မြတ်အား သွားရောက် ဖူးမြော်ခဲ့ခြင်း၊ တတိယနေ့ ၁-၈-၂၀၂၆ (စနေနေ့) တွင် တပ်မတော် စစ်သမိုင်း ပြတိုက်သို့ သွားရောက်လေ့လာပြီးနောက် အဆိုပါနေ့ မွန်းလွဲပိုင်းတွင် ရန်ကုန်သို့ ပြန်လည် ထွက်ခွာခဲ့ကြပါသည်။

The Myanmar Diplomatic Academy (MDA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is conducting Diploma in Diplomacy Course (2/2026) from June 2026 to March 2027, with a total of 58 trainees. As part of the study programme, the trainees visited and observed the 7th day of the second regular session of the third Pyidaungsu Hluttaw held on Thursday, 9 July 2026.

As part of the BDS 47/2026 (Yangon), organized by the Myanmar Diplomatic Academy under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs H.E. U Ko Ko Kyaw delivered a lecture on 6 July 2026 (Monday).

Deputy Minister delivered the lecture entitled “The Importance of Civil-Military Relations in a Democratic Nation,” focused on the interrelationship between Tat Ma Daw and civilian sectors, as well as the concepts and theories of civil-military relations. In addition, Deputy Minister shared insights on the current developments in Myanmar, providing trainees with knowledge and understanding of the country’s contemporary situation.

(29-6-2026, Nay Pyi Taw)

U Tin Maung Swe, Union Minister for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivered an opening address at the opening ceremony of the Course for Attache’ on Foreign Service Skill-CFA (6/2026), organized by Strategic Studies and Training Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ceremony was held at the Lawkanatt Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw at 10:00 am on 29 June 2026.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister for Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Ko Ko Kyaw and Deputy Minister for Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Naing Min Kyaw, Permanent Secretary, Directors-General, Deputy Directors-General, officials and 31 trainees from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Course for Attache’ on Foreign Service Skill-CFA (6/2026) will be conducted over an eight weeks duration during weekdays. The course is designed for branch clerks who will be assigned as diplomatic attache’ for the first time and covers diplomatic affairs, civil service rules and regulations, administrative and financial affairs, consular, legal and ASEAN affairs and English language.

The opening ceremony of the Certificate Course in Basic Diplomatic Skills (47/2026) conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was held at 10:00 am on 15 June 2026 at the Wunzinminyarzar Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yangon). H.E. U Naing Min Kyaw, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs delivered the opening remarks.

Present at the occasion were retired Deputy Ministers, retired Myanmar ambassadors, senior diplomats, the Director-General and other responsible officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and trainees.

The Certificate Course in Basic Diplomatic Skills (47/2026) will be conducted in Yangon from 15 June 2026 to 4 September 2026 on weekdays from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. A total of 96 trainees, including civil servants and the private sector participants interested in international relations and diplomacy, will attend the course. This twelve-week course covers diplomacy, international relations, international law, political economy and general knowledge.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Yangon
June 15, 2026.

(1-6-2026, Nay Pyi Taw)

H.E. U Naing Min Kyaw, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, delivered an opening address at the opening ceremony of the Diploma in Diplomacy (DID) course (2/2026), jointly conducted by the Myanmar Diplomatic Academy and the Naypyitaw State Academy. The ceremony was held at the Lawkanatt Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw at 1000 am on 1 June 2026.

The ceremony was attended by the Permanent Secretary, Directors-General and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, Rector, Pro-Rector and Professors/Head of Department from Naypyitaw State Academy and trainees.

Diploma in Diplomacy (DID) (2/2026) Course will be held for eight months, comprising two semesters and lasting four months each. It will cover diplomacy, International Relations, foreign policies, international & regional organizations, International Law, current issues and trends in international relations.

A total of 60 trainees are participating in the course, representing various government ministries, private sector organizations as well as recent university graduates interested in diplomacy and international relations.