Turkmenistan may take over the chairmanship of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) in 2025. This was stated by Deputy Secretary General, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe Tatyana Molchan.

Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office in Geneva, Vepa Khadzhiev, met with Director General of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC) Alexey Borodin, who is on a working visit to Geneva.

At the 17th meeting of the permanent Russian-Iranian commission on trade and economic cooperation, there was signed a memorandum between the Union of Technologies and Logistics (Russian Federation) and the Anzeli free trade and industrial zone (Islamic Republic of Iran) on the creation of the International Union of Special and Free economic zones of the ITC "North - South".

The total volume of cargo transportation in January-March 2024 by vessels of the Merchant Marine Fleet of Turkmenistan exceeded the level of the same period of the last year by 14.1% and amounted to 586.5 thousand tons. The fleet's cargo transportation plan for the first quarter was fulfilled by 133.3%, the department reported.

In today's world, knowledge of 1C products can become your competitive advantage in the labor market. Belli Tilsimat, a Turkmen 1C development company, presents an overview of the 1C: Salary and Personnel Management 8 program (1С: SPM 8) - today one of the most popular solutions for automating personnel accounting and payroll.

More than 200 delegates, including high-ranking officials of authoritative international structures and large companies, have already registered for the international forum to attract foreign investment in the energy sector of Turkmenistan (TEIF 2024), which will be held in the French capital in a couple of weeks, on April 24-25.

Turkmenistan produces a wide range of fruit and vegetables and has always been famous for melons, watermelons and grapes, but has recently been “noticed” in active tomato expansion. The country's greenhouse industry is rapidly developing, which has allowed it to become one of the main exporters of fresh tomatoes in the Central Asian region.

On 2-6 April 2024, within the framework of the UNDP/GEF project “Conservation and sustainable management of land resources and high nature value ecosystems in the Aral Sea basin for multiple benefits”, a five-day training workshop was conducted. The workshop centered on utilizing the Global Navigation Satellite System of Base Stations (GNSS) to enhance agricultural land management and was attended by specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan.

The forum participants discussed issues of establishing an effective rail transportation system between the CIS countries and China.

The State Concern "Turkmenhimiya" is the leader in the growth of production indicators in the construction and industrial sector of the national economy. As follows from the report presented at the government meeting on Saturday, April 6, since the beginning of the year, the plan for the production of products and services by enterprises of the chemical concern has been fulfilled at the level of 152.8%.