On 1st August, the President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga met with young judokas, presented belts, and congratulated them wishing success in their sporting careers.

Mongolia’s coal export s grew more than fourfold in the first half of 2017, with the country benefiting from China’s ban on imports of the commodity from North Korea and curbs on deliveries into smaller ports.

Last week, Mongol Bank bought 500-800 kg of gold from mining companies and citizens a day which is increased from 100-200 kg gold a day in the previous week.

The National Museum of Mongolia is especially busy with tourists during the summer months. Nearly 60-70 thousand tourists visit the museum annually. The museum has 56 thousand exhibits, only 20 percent of which are on display at any one time in the nine halls.

The murder case of S.Zorig is to go to the High Court of Mongolia.  The hearings, which are due to open on Friday (4th of August), had been postponed at the request of the families of the defendants in June.

Mongolian mountaineer G.Usukhbayar has stopped his ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world.

The 31st Asia Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree or tent summit has opened at the Nairamdal International Children’s Camp located near the capital Ulaanbaatar.

Agricultural officials in Mongolia have suspended all grain exports in anticipation of a dire shortfall in the autumn harvest, after scorching June temperatures left almost a third of the country’s farmland suffering from severe drought.

Mongolia received the first package of livestock disease vaccines from Russia on 31st of July.

The annual religious festival “Danshig Naadam – Khuree Tsam” will take place at the National Sports Stadium in Ulaanbaatar on 5th and 6th of August.