In Turkmenistan, in honor of the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, veterans in all velayats of the country and the city of Ashgabat were solemnly presented with monetary and valuable gifts with wishes of good health and good spirits.

Today, May 8, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the commissioning ceremony of the second stage of the Baharden cement plant with a capacity of 1 million tons of cement per year, TDH reports.

Today, May 8, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the commissioning ceremony of the Yashlyk water treatment plant with a capacity of 30 thousand cubic meters of water per day, located in the Ak Bugday etrap of Ahal region, TDH reports.

Turkmenistan occupies a leading position in Central Asia in terms of the cheapness of diesel fuel, reports the Global Petrol Prices (GPP) portal.

19 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

Registration has begun for the International Scientific Conference "Energy Perspectives, New Technologies and Ecological Aspects of Hydrocarbon Field Development" (TESC 2024), which will take place on June 5-6, 2024, in the city of Arkadag. This information is reported on the organizers' website.

In January-April this year, the GDP growth rate of Turkmenistan was 6.3%. This was said by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at a government meeting, which took place on April 3 on the digital system.

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

On May 4, a reporting meeting was held in the Central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, at which the results of the work of industry enterprises for January-April 2024, held under the motto “The Fount of the Mind of Magtymguly Fragi,” were discussed.

The State Concern "Turkmengas" announced pre-qualification selection of an international tender for the turnkey construction of an information collection system and centralized operational dispatch management of the concern's production facilities. The announcement was published in the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.

In the Mary etrap of the Mary region, at the 309.7th kilometer of the Tejen-Mary section of the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat high-speed highway, two new gas stations were put into operation. They were built by order of the Vekilbazar oil products enterprise of the main directorate "Turkmennebitonumleri" of the State Concern "Turkmennebit".

A scientific and practical conference held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was devoted to the prospects for cooperation between Turkmenistan and the World Trade Organization, Orient reports.

Over the past week, sports competitions were held among workers of the oil and gas complex under the motto “Health and Happiness,” organized by the Council of the Trade Union of Oil and Gas Complex Workers of Turkmenistan.

The Dragon Oil company, with the support of the State Concern Türkmennebit, organized a conference on occupational health, safety and environmental safety management, dedicated to World Occupational Safety and Health Day, celebrated in our country on April 28. The newspaper “Neutral Turkmenistan” reports this.

The delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the international exhibition “Oil and Energy of Oman – 2024” and the conference “Affordable, sustainable and efficient sources of energy”, held in the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, reports the press service of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan.