Overview
- Doctors in Ulaanbaatar performed the country’s first pediatric hematopoietic stem-cell transplant on January 16 with support from ECHMUT, Turkey’s Medical Park and TIKA, and the patient remains stable under follow-up.
- After talks in Moscow, Russia’s energy ministry pledged uninterrupted petroleum deliveries to Mongolia through 2026, with early order coordination, temporary border storage leasing and a unified logistics ecosystem under study.
- Under the ‘Tsagaan Alt’ program, dehaired cashmere exports reached about 4,000 tonnes worth roughly $330 million, supported by 2025 concessional loans that expanded spinning capacity and boosted raw cashmere purchases.
- Ulaanbaatar reported progress on 16 mega-projects, including Tuul expressway temporary works at 32.4%, the ropeway at 54% with pillars and cabins on site, a metro EPC+F tender opening May 1, and a first-ring-road tender opening March 2.
- Teacher base salaries rose 50% from January, with education ministry figures showing a new EBS teacher’s total pay rising to about 4.14 million MNT and a 20+ year teacher’s to about 4.73 million MNT with allowances and top performance.