During April-May this year, Ministry of Health and Medical Industry and UNICEF are monitoring the iodized salt production and availability on the markets across the country. UNICEF provided salt test kits to the State Sanitary Epidemiological Service to support salt iodization monitoring system, which allow to conduct rapid and effective salt testing on the spots.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War who worked in organizations supervised by the “Turkmenaragatnashyk” agency of the Transport and Communications Agency of Turkmenistan under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan were awarded valuable prizes on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan.

On the eve of Victory Day, diplomats from the Caspian countries, including Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Iran, laid flowers at the “Eternal Flame of Glory” memorial in the Brotherly Garden. They honored the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War with a minute of silence, the portal of the authorities of the Astrakhan region reports.

Shanghai is offering passengers on international transit flights with transit times longer than eight hours a free half-day city tour. This was reported by the Shanghai Municipal Department of Culture and Tourism.

The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat invites representatives of the media of Turkmenistan to a training on the preparation of information and thematic materials for traditional and digital media.

The results of the international essay competition on the topic “The importance of international humanitarian law in maintaining peace and security on the planet”, which was announced by the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan among students of higher educational institutions of Central Asian countries, have been summed up.

"International Food Festival" was held at the Ashgabat International School on May 4. The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Turkmenistan represented its country at the festival. It was reported by the diplomatic mission.

Students of the Academy of Civil Service under the President of Turkmenistan will take part in a short-term course on public administration at the Beijing University of the People's Republic of China.

Stormy weather could hit parts of the country this week, according to forecasts from the United Arab Emirates' National Center of Meteorology.

From the beginning of May, every Tuesday Turkmenistan Airlines will operate an additional second flight on the route Ashgabat - Kuala Lumpur - Ashgabat.