Mongolian members of parliament competed in a chess competition entitled “Tsetsen Tushee” (literal meaning: “Wise Official”), which was held at the State House on 6th of February.

A farewell ceremony for Mongolian-born ’komusubi’ Tokitenku, who died on January 31st, has taken place in Tokyo. Tokitenku Khuchitbaatar died aged 37 of malignant lymphoma.

In 2015, Ch.Saikhanbileg, former Prime Minister of Mongolia signed a memorandum of understanding with China to build a new power plant in the Baganuur district.

Mongolian police dog Molly has received a medal for sniffing out a large number of crimes; its handler O.Tumenjargal was awarded a cash payment.

On 3rd of February, P.Sergelen, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industrial had a meeting with Russian Ambassador Iskander K.Azizov.

Following the new amendments to the Law on Value Added Tax, for the first time, 461,865 individual VAT payers have received a reimbursement of up to 20 percent, totalling MNT33.8 billion.

A Mongolian film entitled “Eleg Negten” (The Third Eye of God) has won the Best Direction Award as a foreign film at the Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF).

On 3rd of February, J.Erdenebat, Prime Minister of Mongolia received Tatiana Valovaya, the Minister of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) responsible for integration and macroeconomics, at Government House.

The International Judo Federation has awarded all 14 judokas who ended 2016 as world leaders with an extra USD 50,000 each in prize money.

Mongolia was visited by 404,000 tourists in 2016; 153 thousand of them from China.