First Sino-Mongolia Micro Finance Institution launched during the 2nd EuroAsia Conference September 3, 2012, Xinjiang – Urumqi Tianrong Microfinance Company hosted its grand opening ceremony in Urumqi today. The company is a joint venture of 5 investors: Tenger Financial Group

On September 18, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss
Confederation to Mongolia Jacques de Wattevill, the Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Mongolia Aart Jacobi,
the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to
Mongolia

The second session of the national training on budget management based on
civic participation, themed “Direct Democracy”, organized by the Office of the
President and “Direct Democracy” institute was held in the State House.
Over 1000 representatives of 21 provinces and 330

About 100 Malaysians and representatives from foreign
countries celebrated Malaysia Day in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia on
September 17, 2012, reported Bernama.

The tarik (literally pulled tea), a specialty among the
Malaysian comminuty, and traditional Malaysian dances were performed after the
National Anthem was

Financial institutions in Hong Kong and
Singapore need to review and monitor their anti-money laundering (AML) and
know-your-customer (KYC) procedures and policies regularly to prevent abuses by
politically exposed persons (PEPs),said industry officials. Their comments
followed recent reports that banks in the two cities

A monument of brothers St St Cyril and Methodius will be erected in Mongolia
since the Cyrillic alphabet they
created is used in the Asian country.

The news emerged Tuesday after a meeting between Bulgarian Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov and the Ambassador of

Ozeki Kisenosato fell to a big upset on Sept. 17 at the Autumn Grand Sumo
Tournament, leaving Mongolians Hakuho, Harumafuji and Kyokutenho in the lead
with unbeaten records after nine days of competition.

After a great first week, Kisenosato dropped out of the

Caixin reported that a Chinese metals mining concern”s plan
to tap mineral rich Mongolia took a pause in early September 2012 as the
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited withdrew its bid for coal supplier
SouthGobi Resources Limited.

Chalco”s buyout ambitions surfaced in April 2012

Mongolia, jammed between nuclear
arms giants Russia and China, on Monday secured a unique pledge from the major
powers not to breach its self-declared nuclear weapons-free zone.

The UN ambassadors for Britain,
China, France, Russia and the United States — the five permanent members

Pamela Cox, World Bank Regional Vice
President for East Asia and Pacific, will
visit Mongolia on September 19-22 for the first time since assuming her current
role in January this year.  

Ms. Cox, a development professional with more than 30 years experience,
will