"Myanmar government and the World Food Programme (WFP) signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) for food security in the country, according to the Information Ministry on Saturday. To implement the WFP Country Strategic Plan (2018-2022), the LoU was signed on Friday by Director General U Than Aung Kyaw of Foreign Economic Relations Department under the Ministry of Planning and Finance and Stephen Anderson, country director and resident representative of WFP-Myanmar. With an estimated budget of 310.8 million U.S. dollars, the strategic plan is set to provide access to food for crisis-affected people and vulnerable people in the country's states and regions as well as to improve nutrition for children under 5, the ministry's release said. It was also learnt that the strategic plan will benefit about 2.79 million people..."