On Thursday, December 28, 2017, the succeeding test container train was launched from Changsha city - the administrative centre of Hunan Province of China,- via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Tehran. The route of this container train runs through the main network of Chinese railways, in particular, the Khorgos border crossing, the Altyn koy-Bolashak (Kazakhstan) railway lines, the rail network of Turkmenistan-Serhetiak, Akayla and further to Tehran. The length of the Changsha-Tehran route...

After considering the results of the conducted audience survey, the Italian TV channel “Rai Tre” named the best travel destinations for 2018. The news agency “ОRIENT.tm” informs that Turkmenistan became the leader of the survey in the nomination "History". It is reported that the views of tourists who visited different parts of the world were studied after numerous television programs on tourism and travel, shot by the channel on the most popular destinations. Remarkably, there are many hi...

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 7 transactions were registered.  For the foreign currency businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Serbia and Afghanistan bought metal products, extract of licorice root and dried licorice rhizomes, cotton yarn. The total sum of transactions made up about 4 million 100 thousand US dollars.  For the home market local businessmen purchased cotton fibre for the sum of over 234 thousand manats.

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 7 transactions were registered.  For the foreign currency businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Serbia and Afghanistan bought metal products, extract of licorice root and dried licorice rhizomes, cotton yarn. The total sum of transactions made up about 4 million 100 thousand US dollars.  For the home market local businessmen purchased cotton fibre for the sum of over 234 thousand manats.

Increasing tourist flows and attention of famous tourist companies, specialized magazines and informational resources indicate growing interest in our country as new perspective direction of international tourism, in national model of the industry of tourism and hospitality that is formed under the leadership President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.  Recently, RAI3 channel of Italian State TV Corporation that specializes in educational programmes about the culture named Turkmenistan as one of the...

Specialists of Lebapnebitgazozleg Department of the State Corporation Turkmengeology successfully completed the drilling of the exploration well at perspective site in Karakum Desert. The production layer lays at 4575 meters depth. However, the drilling personnel continue drilling taking into account the data of the seismic survey. According to the forecast, the lower levels may also have gas deposits.  Specialists of Lebapnebitgazozleg Department make successful exploration of hydrocarbon re...

More than 1,500 tons of reprocessed fiber was produced at the Abadan cotton-spinning factory, which is part of Ashgabat textile complex structure. The manufactury for recycling of the spinning and weaving industries of the branch enterprises was put into operation more than a year ago. In the workshop intalled the equipment of the company "Balkan" (Turkey), capable of processing up to 5000 tons of textile waste product per year.  High-tech equipment allows to turn textile wastes into products...