Politics
Government Prepares Bill to Recover Corruption Assets for Public Benefit
Published: 2026-08-05
Justice and Home Affairs Minister S. Amarsaikhan said the government had presented the concept for a bill on confiscating corruption-linked assets by court decision and using them for public benefit. He said the proposed package would include 14 accompanying bills and that work was under way to submit it to the government’s next meeting. Under the proposal, officials whose assets exceed their official income could be investigated, while prosecutors and investigative bodies could seek court decisions to confiscate assets connected to corruption or abuse of office. Amarsaikhan said recovered money would be kept separate from the state budget and other funds for public-benefit projects. He said more than MNT 80 billion in illicit assets and financial sources had been identified, but only more than MNT 400 million had reached the state fund.
“The bill is not only about confiscating assets, but about what happens after confiscation.” - S. Amarsaikhan (ikon.mn)
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Draft 2027 Budget Sets Higher Spending Ceilings for Finance, Education and Health
Published: 2026-08-05
Government budget portfolio managers have begun presenting their 2027 draft budgets for public comment, with proposed spending ceilings showing major increases for several ministries. The Finance Minister’s ceiling is set at MNT 7.8 trillion, up MNT 3.3 trillion from the 2026 level of MNT 4.5 trillion. The Education Minister’s ceiling would rise MNT 2 trillion to MNT 5.6 trillion, while the Health Minister’s allocation would increase MNT 600 billion to MNT 2.1 trillion. The Family, Labour and Social Protection Minister’s ceiling would reach MNT 4.8 trillion, MNT 400 billion higher than in 2026. Other proposed ceilings include MNT 1.3 trillion for justice and internal affairs, MNT 1.2 trillion for transport, and MNT 461.2 billion for energy. The figures are budget limits, not final expenditure.
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Economy
Government Cuts Fuel Taxes and Confirms August Fuel Orders
Published: 2026-08-05
The government reported fuel stocks of 11 days for AI-92 gasoline, 13 days for AI-95, 18 days for diesel, and 10 days for aviation fuel on August 5. From August 1 to 5, 162 rail tank cars carrying 9,720 tonnes of AI-92 arrived from Russia. It confirmed August orders and concluded contracts for 86,460 tonnes of AI-92, 1,280 tonnes of AI-95, 178,650 tonnes of diesel, and 7,000 tonnes of aviation fuel from Russian suppliers, China, and South Korea. To limit domestic price rises, it removed excise duty on gasoline and diesel and set import customs duties on all fuels at zero until February 1, 2027. The government also ordered faster border clearance and regular reporting on progress of construction of 22 fuel-storage tanks and warehouses.
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Budget Revision Planned as Deficit Reaches 2.1 Trillion Togrog
Published: 2026-08-05
Finance Minister Z. Mendsaikhan said the government will submit a revision to the 2026 budget to parliament in September together with the 2027 budget bill. In the first half of 2026, state budget revenue was 14.6 trillion togrog and expenditure was 16.7 trillion togrog, producing a preliminary 2.1 trillion-togrog deficit. The government will prioritize salaries, pensions, emergency services, health, and education while cutting lower-priority operating expenses; it expects savings of about 40 billion togrog. Mendsaikhan cited one trillion togrog in tax revenue collected in advance in 2025 and 820 billion togrog related to aligning teachers’ and doctors’ pay. The revision will also include support for strategic reserves of meat, wheat, and vegetables, including concessional financing for storage facilities.
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Government Freezes Nonessential Events and Travel Under Austerity Measures
Published: 2026-08-05
Prime Minister Uchral announced a government austerity resolution that suspends funding for nonessential forums, meetings, celebrations, anniversaries, festivals, sports and public events through December 31, 2026. The restrictions exclude activities required by law, formal government decisions or international agreements, including COP17. Planned official travel is also cancelled unless it concerns senior officials or government-approved meetings connected to international treaties and conventions; government bodies must hold necessary meetings online. Budget managers have been directed to cut current spending by 20 percent, avoid replacement hiring and new public-service posts, and reduce energy use. Salaries, pensions, child benefits, welfare, school and kindergarten funding, internet and building costs, debt payments, local reserve funds, and health services will continue. The savings are intended for winter preparations, energy and fuel supply, and essential public needs.
“We are cancelling all events, including regional meetings, sector anniversaries, forums and conferences.” - Uchral (urug.mn)
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Fuel Shortage Puts Tourism Operations and August-September Trips at Risk
Published: 2026-08-05
Tourism industry representatives say fuel-supply disruptions are preventing tour operators from running scheduled trips and transporting visitors, threatening international and domestic flights, road transport, tourist camps and hospitality businesses. About 570,000 visitors have arrived in Mongolia since the start of 2026, up 18.9% from the same period a year earlier, they said. More than 150,000 visitors arrived in July, the highest monthly total in four years. The Professional Tourism Association warned that cancellations of August and September trips could create potential losses of MNT 1.2 trillion, calculated from average revenue per visitor. Separately, vice president B. Dulamsuren said tour operators risk MNT 300 billion in losses. The Professional Tourism Association asked the prime minister to stabilize aviation and vehicle fuel supplies, including transport serving visitors during COP17.
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Government Moves to Digitize Reserve-Meat Sales and Stock Monitoring
Published: 2026-08-05
The government has approved a resolution to stabilize supplies and improve access to selected strategic reserves and vegetables, including a unified digital system for tracking reserve meat. The Finance Ministry is to make the registration and monitoring system ready by the end of August, working with the Bank of Mongolia and commercial banks to require electronic receipts at every stage of storing, distributing and selling strategic goods. The change follows problems in the 2025 reserve-meat program: companies contracted to prepare 5,016 tonnes received interest-rate support, but 720 tonnes scheduled for spring sale were not supplied, while only 3,203 tonnes were recorded with electronic receipts. The prime minister instructed Ulaanbaatar Governor B. Purevdavaa to personally oversee meat reserves prepared in autumn 2026 for distribution in spring 2027. Ministers were also directed to support storage facilities for fuel, wheat and vegetables.
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Ulaanbaatar’s Debt Reaches MNT 4.6 Trillion
Published: 2026-08-05
Ulaanbaatar’s outstanding liabilities reached MNT 4.58 trillion in the 2025 consolidated financial statement, up MNT 718.7 billion over the year. Short-term obligations totaled MNT 322 billion and long-term debt MNT 4.26 trillion. The city paid MNT 302.7 billion in principal and interest on domestic and foreign bonds during 2025. Borrowing issued in 2024 included MNT 2.5 trillion in bonds, backed by authorization to issue up to USD 500 million abroad and MNT 1 trillion domestically. Domestic proceeds helped finance the 300 MW Buuruljuut power plant, road works, the Tuul-1 wastewater collector and flood-control upgrades. The foreign-bond proceeds fund redevelopment planned for 12,000 households on 158 hectares in Chingeltei and Sukhbaatar districts. The report says MNT 1.6 trillion of those proceeds remains on deposit at commercial banks.
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Urban Staple Prices Ease as Flour, Milk and Diesel Rise in Provinces
Published: 2026-08-05
The National Statistics Office reported mixed movements in weekly prices for essential goods in Ulaanbaatar and provincial markets. In the capital, average prices for staple consumer products were down 0.6% from the previous week and 0.1% from the previous month as of August 8. Bone-in mutton fell 0.3% to MNT 27,342 per kilogram, while domestic potatoes dropped 18% to MNT 3,523 per kilogram from MNT 4,299. Most other listed goods held steady from the prior week. In provincial markets, flour, milk and diesel prices increased, while meat products, sugar and rice declined slightly. Beef was MNT 26,690 and mutton MNT 22,288, while diesel rose 0.1% per liter. The agency publishes the price survey weekly.
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Petition to Raise VAT Refund to 8% Passes 14,600 Signatures
Published: 2026-08-05
A citizen-initiated proposal on the D-Petition public-petition platform seeks to raise the value-added tax refund rate from 2% to 8%. The initiative was launched by Byambatsogt Bolorchuluun on July 14, 2026, and the signature period is scheduled to close on August 23. An August 5 report said more than 14,600 people had supported it. Bolorchuluun said rising prices are placing heavy pressure on citizens, that people are unable to build savings, and that small and medium-sized businesses are failing. The proposal and its stated rationale come from its initiator and are presented through the public-petition system.
“Rising prices are placing severe pressure on citizens.” - Byambatsogt Bolorchuluun (isee.mn)
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Published: 2026-08-05
Bank of Mongolia reported purchasing 1,439.2 kilograms of precious metals in July 2026, bringing its cumulative purchases since the beginning of the year to 8.9 tonnes. The reports also list 431.8 kg purchased by the central bank’s Darkhan-Uul branch and 1,677.1 kg by its Bayankhongor branch. They separately state that purchases were up 26.1% from the same period a year earlier, without providing a comparable amount. Bank of Mongolia sets its precious-metal purchase prices using global market prices. In July, its average purchase price for one gram of gold was reported as MNT 469,752.63 in one account and MNT 469,752 in another. The monthly total refers to precious metals, while the price refers to gold.
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Diplomacy
US Embassy Advises Americans to Postpone Nonessential Travel
Published: 2026-08-05
The US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar advised US citizens against nonessential travel to Mongolia because of the fuel shortage. The advisory said the embassy is monitoring the situation and recommended that travelers who do not need to travel postpone their trips. It also urged people who had planned travel to delay it and follow local media for updates. The notice focused on disruption linked to fuel availability. It was reported on August 5, amid the fuel shortage. The embassy advised citizens to stay informed through local news before travel and while adjusting existing travel plans, citing the developing fuel-supply situation in the country. People considering a trip were told to delay nonessential travel and consult local reporting for updates.
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Infrastructure
Alternate-Day Fuel Sales Run Through August 15
Published: 2026-08-05
Ulaanbaatar began temporary fuel rationing on August 4, allowing vehicles with even-ending registration numbers to buy fuel on even dates and odd-ending numbers on odd dates through August 15. Each vehicle may buy up to 50,000 togrog of fuel per transaction, while sales into containers are prohibited. On August 5, vehicles with registration numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 were eligible. The government said the first day of the system increased the number of vehicles supplied from 38,000 to 115,000. It planned to distribute 1.5 million liters through 139 Ulaanbaatar stations, with 169 tonnes sent to 70 provincial stations. Reports from Chingeltei District, however, described continuing queues and some stations selling only diesel after gasoline ran out.
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Ulaanbaatar Exempts Nine Vehicle Types From Temporary Plate-Parity Rules
Published: 2026-08-05
Ulaanbaatar will enforce an odd-even license-plate traffic rule from August 15 through September 12, between 07:00 and 21:00, to reduce congestion during back-to-school preparations and the COP17 conference. The measure will be implemented without zone-based distinctions in Ulaanbaatar. Nine categories are exempt: electric vehicles with green plates; permitted and equipped food-delivery and collection vehicles; funeral vehicles; road, urban-maintenance and utility-repair vehicles; vehicles serving diplomatic missions and foreign delegations; public transport; compliant taxis; school, kindergarten and workplace buses; and clearly marked media vehicles. City authorities urged drivers to follow the regulation and take part in traffic accordingly.
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Spring Airlines Cancels Shanghai-Ulaanbaatar Service Over Airport Fuel Supply Disruption
Published: 2026-08-05
Spring Airlines has cancelled flight 9C7058 on the Shanghai-Ulaanbaatar-Shanghai route, scheduled to operate on August 6, after a disruption in aviation-fuel supply at Ulaanbaatar’s airport. The airline’s representative in Mongolia reported that the fuel shortage prevented the planned service from operating. Passengers who want to change their itinerary or obtain a refund can submit a request through the organization from which they bought their ticket, according to the representative. The report identifies the affected flight as a round-trip Shanghai-Ulaanbaatar-Shanghai service and does not state when fuel supply will resume or whether other flights are affected. Travelers holding tickets for the cancelled flight should contact their ticket seller for the available arrangements.
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Tolgoit Road Link to Districts 3 and 4 to Be Partially Closed August 6-9
Published: 2026-08-05
Traffic on the road linking Tolgoit Road with the Trauma Hospital and Districts 3 and 4 will be partially closed from 7:00 a.m. on August 6 until midnight on August 9 for asphalt surfacing work on Ard Ayush Avenue. Vehicles will be directed onto a temporary road during the restriction, according to the Capital City Road Development Agency. Mongol Zam Group LLC will carry out the surfacing work as part of a 3.9-kilometer road project linking Tolgoit Road and Ard Ayush Avenue. The project’s total budget is MNT 74.2 billion from the city budget and it is scheduled for full completion in September 2026. The partial closure covers the road link to the Trauma Hospital and Districts 3 and 4 while the work is under way.
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Airport Road Flood Channel Is Upgraded
Published: 2026-08-05
Construction of a 1.8-kilometre flood-protection embankment in Khoroo 8 and 10 of Khan-Uul District has been completed, according to B. Byambasaikhan, head of the Geodesy and Water Construction Facilities Agency. The stated budget for building the embankment is MNT 3.9 billion. The agency carried out the construction with the Capital City Governor’s Office and the Ulaanbaatar City Mayor’s Office. Crews are now replacing a 220-metre unengineered earth channel beside the airport road with an engineered structure. They are also installing two additional 1,000-diameter pipes to increase culvert capacity, allowing the embankment to operate at full capacity. Rain last week filled an underpass beneath the airport expressway with floodwater.
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Deputy Prime Minister Reviews Winter Preparations in Dornod and Sukhbaatar
Published: 2026-08-05
Deputy Prime Minister and State Emergency Commission chair N. Nomtoibayar inspected winter-preparation and disaster-readiness work in Dornod and Sukhbaatar provinces on August 5. Dornod expects about 2.7 million livestock from 6,527 herder households to winter there, while haymaking is planned across 10,840 hectares at 77 sites in four soums. Repairs and investment work by the regional energy system were 71.4% complete, and Dornod Public Utilities reported 64.9% completion; the province held fuel reserves equal to four weeks of average use. Local officials requested faster road construction, ambulances and emergency-response facilities. In Sukhbaatar, officials flagged a heating-capacity risk in Baruun-Urt below minus 31 degrees Celsius and sought continuation of a thermal-station project halted in 2025.
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Railway Builders Step Up Work on Bagakhangai-Khushig Valley-Emelt Route
Published: 2026-08-05
Mongolian Railway CEO O. Batchuluun and transport officials inspected construction on the Bagakhangai-Khushig Valley-Emelt railway on August 5. They reviewed plans for level crossings where the route meets the Dundgovi road and another railway near Shuvuun Factory, as well as progress against the construction schedule. Officials also visited work on a 476-meter railway bridge over the Tuul River at kilometer 116 and earthworks on the Emelt-Khushig Valley branch line. Persistent recent rainfall has created construction difficulties, which participants discussed alongside options for rapid resolution. To accelerate track-superstructure work, Ulaanbaatar Railway agreed to mobilize equipment including ballast-discharge hopper wagons and an ELB track-lifting machine. Officials issued directions to speed up the work.
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Society
Water Accidents Claim 59 Lives This Year, Including 14 Children
Published: 2026-08-05
Sixty-eight water-accident calls were recorded nationwide by August 4, resulting in 59 deaths, including 14 children, the emergency authorities reported. The incidents occurred across all nine districts of the capital and 35 soums in 25 provinces. Authorities said a number of accidents involved people floating or playing in rivers and lakes on unsuitable inflatable mattresses and toys. For young children, the most common fatal circumstances were playing near river and lake banks without adequate parental or guardian supervision and falling into the water. Emergency officials urged people visiting rivers and lakes to maintain safety precautions, supervise children closely, avoid entering water after drinking alcohol, and take steps to prevent foreseeable risks.
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Traffic Police Urge Safer Driving on Damaged Provincial Roads
Published: 2026-08-05
Traffic Police are urging drivers to reduce risk on provincial roads during continued summer travel for local festivals and family events. Senior Lieutenant B. Gantulga cited speeding, drink-driving, dangerous overtaking, fatigue and poorly maintained vehicles as risks. He separately urged drivers to adjust their speed to road conditions because some provincial roads are damaged or under repair. He advised motorists to inspect lights, tyres including a spare, brakes, lubricants and safety equipment before long trips; stop every two hours; and use child seats and seatbelts. Overtaking is prohibited on hills, descents, sharp bends, bridges and railway crossings where visibility is limited. Under Mongolia’s Violations Law, a first drink-driving offence carries a one-year licence suspension and an MNT 400,000 fine; repeat offences can trigger criminal charges.
“Because provincial roads are damaged, it is important to adjust your speed.” - B. Gantulga (news.mn)
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Prosecutors Send School Fund-Misuse Case to Court
Published: 2026-08-05
The Capital City Prosecutor’s Office has sent an abuse-of-office case involving an acting principal of a public secondary school to the first-instance criminal court serving Bayangol, Khan-Uul and Songinokhairkhan districts. Prosecutors allege that C.B., acting with school guard A.G., collected MNT 121.5 million in gymnasium and parking fees through A.G.’s account between September 2020 and October 2022. The indictment alleges C.B. received MNT 600,000 in cash and enabled A.G. to control MNT 120.9 million. The source separately alleges that C.B. caused MNT 123.1 million in losses to the school. The case also alleges improper appointments and salary payments, including MNT 15.2 million paid to one appointee. Prosecutors filed charges under Article 22.1(2) of the Criminal Code.
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Environment
River Levels Rise as Balj and Onon Remain Above Dangerous Flood Marks
Published: 2026-08-05
Water levels in several rivers rose by 10-65 centimeters on August 5, according to meteorological authorities. Increases were recorded on the Uur, Tuul at Lun, Kherlen at Underkhaan, Orkhon at Bat-Ulzii and Orkhontuul, and Tui rivers. The Tuul at Altanbulag and Lun, Kharaa at Darkhan, Baidrag at Bayanburd in Buutsagaan soum, Khugshin Orkhon and Kharkhiraa at Tarialan were 5-20 centimeters above flood level. The Balj and Onon rivers remained 5-15 centimeters above their dangerous flood thresholds. Authorities urged people travelling or camping near rivers to follow official warnings, avoid flood-prone areas, riverbanks and dry channels, use certified bridges and crossings, and keep children under close supervision near water.
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Myangad Orders Removal of Facilities at Khalzan Buregtei Rare-Earth Project
Published: 2026-08-05
Authorities in Myangad soum, Khovd Province, have ordered the forced removal of a camp and other facilities operated by Mongolian National Rare Earth Corp at the Khalzan Buregtei mountain site. The company has been conducting rare-earth exploration, pilot extraction work and research there. Myangad’s citizens’ representative council met in mid-July after receiving proposals and complaints from residents of five baghs, and decided to halt project construction, infrastructure work and documentation-related activities. At the end of July, the soum governor issued an order to enforce that decision by dismantling the facilities. The order says the company continued operating without authorization in Gakhait bagh, in violation of environmental, minerals and land legislation and a local self-government decision. The order itself does not explicitly restrict or halt the company’s operations.
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Lightning-Sparked Steppe Fire Contained in Dornod’s Matad Soum
Published: 2026-08-05
A lightning-sparked steppe fire at Lag Valley in Erdenebadrakh bag, Matad soum, Dornod Province, was reported at 15:15 on August 4. Emergency services received the report from a site 290 kilometers southeast of the provincial center and 90 kilometers southeast of the soum center. Personnel from Unit 47 of the Sukhbaatar Province Emergency Management Department, Matad soum’s professional unit, and workers from PetroChina Daqing Tamsag LLC’s Field 19 responded. By 07:00 on August 5, crews had contained the fire and were continuing work to extinguish it fully. The reports do not state the area burned, any damage, injuries, the time the fire began, or an estimated time for full extinguishment.
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Pasture Growth Is Good Across 55% of the Country
Published: 2026-08-05
Pasture vegetation yields are rated good across 55% of Mongolia, average across 40%, and poor across the remaining 5%, according to the Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment. Its assessment uses observed and forecast weather data and a drought index across natural zones. In the final ten days of August, expected yields range from 6.6 to 28.5 centners per hectare in the forest-steppe, 3.5 to 22.2 in the steppe, 0.7 to 3.7 in the Altai mountains, and 0.2 to 2.4 in the Gobi. Yields are higher than last year in the Khentii mountains and steppe, but lower in the Altai, western parts of central provinces, and Gobi provinces. Locust numbers are unusually high in Khaliun, Govi-Altai, and Bayandelger, Sukhbaatar.
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Steppe Plan Will Seek USD 6.5 Billion at Ulaanbaatar COP17
Published: 2026-08-05
Foreign Minister B. Battsetseg presented the Steppe Plan, Mongolia’s proposed national strategy for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, to a government meeting. Mongolia will present the document internationally during COP17, scheduled in Ulaanbaatar from August 17 to 28, 2026. The plan has three core initiatives: a pasture-priority initiative; integrated water and land management; and sustainable infrastructure based on nature-based solutions. It seeks USD 6.5 billion in financing for 292 projects. The reports also state that the average financing for one project would be USD 700,000. Mongolia will use COP17 to present the Steppe Plan as its national strategy document internationally.
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Innovation
COP17 Prompts Online Enrollment and Online-to-In-Person University Teaching in Ulaanbaatar
Published: 2026-08-05
Ulaanbaatar will adjust education services during the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 conference, scheduled for August 17-28 at the National Park in Bayanzurkh District. Kindergarten registration will run through E-Mongolia from August 10-23, while first-grade enrollment will be online from August 17-28; school-based registration support teams will not operate during that period. Universities will begin classes online on September 1 and continue in-person teaching from September 14. Student dormitories are scheduled to begin admitting residents on September 13. Enrollment, registration and transfer work at 73 kindergartens and 60 schools in five central districts will be handled online, with staff able to work remotely. Authorities say curricula will not change. COP17 delegates are scheduled to visit the Nomads World Culture Festival in Nalaikh District on August 22-23.
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Funding Gap Leaves More Than 6,000 University Scholarship Recipients Waiting
Published: 2026-08-05
Funding for tuition scholarships and concessional loans for the spring semester of the 2025-2026 academic year at the National University of Mongolia remains unresolved, leaving students uncertain about continuing their studies. Funding approved under Education Ministerial Order A/67 did not cover all eligible students, forcing universities to rank applicants within quotas, according to the report. Students, particularly those in their final year, say they could face unexpected costs of MNT 8-9 million if the Education Ministry does not decide before the academic year begins. State Secretary T. Nyam-Ochir said financing intended for 2026 scholarship recipients had been used for 2025 student fees, leaving scholarships for more than 6,000 students in priority fields unpaid to universities.
“The Education Ministry has submitted draft resolutions and records to the government to resolve the issue and is working to have it addressed in 2027.” - T. Nyam-Ochir (news.mn)
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MP Challenges Minister’s Claim That Mongolia Has No Teacher Shortage
Published: 2026-08-05
MP J. Galbadrakh challenged Education Minister L. Enkh-Amgalan’s August 4 statement, which he understood as declaring that Mongolia has no teacher shortage. Galbadrakh said his team calculated that 50,440 teachers are needed for 899 schools enrolling 818,612 students, using a 19-hour weekly teaching norm, subject-specialist teaching, and subgroup instruction in English, information technology, and technology. The reports give two different current-teacher counts—40,642 and 40,648—while both report his claimed shortfall as 9,796. He cited gaps of 2,451 English teachers, 1,263 Mongolian language and script teachers, and 543 mathematics teachers, and asked the ministry to explain its methodology.
“More than 9,700 teachers are missing, so I cannot understand a claim that there is no shortage.” - J. Galbadrakh (zarig.mn)
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Health
Ulaanbaatar Sets 95 Percent Measles Vaccination Target
Published: 2026-08-05
Ulaanbaatar health authorities will strengthen measles immunization across all nine districts and aim to reach 95 percent vaccination coverage by November 25. Public-health service officials and epidemiologists from district health centers discussed local microplans intended to reduce transmission and prevent a further outbreak. The outbreak has continued since an imported case was recorded in July 2024 in a 47-year-old man who arrived from Kazakhstan. By August 4, 15,560 cases and 22 deaths had been reported nationally, most of the deaths involving young children. Case numbers have declined but infections continue to be recorded. Three people were receiving treatment in the capital on August 4, and authorities warned that transmission could increase again when schools and other educational activities resume.
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Government Approves Direct Procurement Rules for Medicines and Vaccines
Published: 2026-08-05
The government has approved rules allowing medicines, medical supplies, biologics and vaccines in several categories to be purchased directly from a single source. The policy covers commonly used medicines such as antibiotics and blood-pressure drugs, essential medicines and supplies including adrenaline injections, high-cost treatments such as cancer targeted therapies and insulin, and medicines at risk of supply interruption, including anti-seizure drugs. Health Minister E. Batshugar said purchases may be made in bulk directly from manufacturers in countries meeting World Health Organization stringent regulatory standards, or through international supply systems such as UNICEF. The government expects fewer intermediaries to reduce procurement costs and support stable supplies of quality-assured products. Reports also cite previous direct purchases of 16 strategic medicines and four recombinant hemophilia factors, which saved MNT 3.15 billion from the state budget.
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Arts
Ulaanbaatar Will Host 600 Scholars at Mongolists Congress
Published: 2026-08-05
The 13th International Congress of Mongolists is scheduled in Ulaanbaatar from August 10 to 13, with more than 600 scholars and researchers from 29 countries expected to discuss 528 papers. Participants are planned from Mongolia, Japan, the United States, China, Russia, South Korea, India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and several European countries. Organizers say the congress will expand scientific cooperation and circulate new international research on Mongolia’s history, language, culture and heritage. First held in 1959, the congress is considered a leading global gathering in Mongolian studies. The previous, 12th congress brought together scholars from more than 60 countries and discussed more than 3,000 papers across over 20 fields, including Mongolian linguistics, history, archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, religion, cultural studies and international relations.
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