Experienced Thai Events Organisers to Support Myanmar’s Young Expo Industry
Myanmar entrepreneurs and Thai events companies have agreed to cooperate in developing Myanmar’s young expo event industry, after a meeting in Yangon late last month. This was the first time a...
View ArticleSmog blowing in from Myanmar affects air quality in the North Thailand
The alarming development came as a report by Thai Civil Rights and Investigative Journalism (TCIJ) revealed that the dense hotspots in Shan State, Myanmar, are associated with Thai corporate...
View ArticleEmirates to launch direct Yangon-Phnom Penh air link
The addition of the new route using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft will make Emirates the only airline with a direct service between Myanmar’s commercial hub and Cambodia’s capital. The new route is...
View ArticleItalthai aims to double revenue
Under the plan, the group wants to deepen its presence in the immediate region with a focus on the so-called CLMV countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. For its construction-equipment and...
View ArticleJapanese brewer Kirin targets Myanmar’s hardy drinkers
Japanese brewer Kirin is hoping to tap into swift growth – and serious staying power – with its latest investment in Myanmar’s fizzing beer market, a senior executive said Friday. Last month the beer...
View ArticleGerman Bank to Loan €5m For Upgrades at Yangon Railway
Myanmar is to receive a €5 million loan from Germany’s KfW Development Bank for upgrades to the Ywa Htaung diesel locomotive shed, where trains are kept when not in use. Parliament passed a...
View ArticleMPT to Enter Nascent Mobile Money Sector ‘This Year’
State-backed telco Myanma Post and Telecommunications (MPT), plans to launch its own mobile money services this year which would put it in direct competition with Telenor’s Wave Money, and...
View ArticleMyanmar Enters Next Phase of Aeronautical Information Management Roadmap
The Department of Civil Aviation of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (DCA Myanmar) completed site acceptance of Comsoft Solutions’ AIM system, transforming their aeronautical information...
View ArticleThai Exim Bank to open rep office in Yangon
The Export-Import Bank of Thailand will open a representative office in Yangon, Myanmar, in April to assist the start-up or expansion of Thai companies there. Bank president Pisit Serewiwattana...
View ArticleH&M supply factory in Myanmar damaged in violent labour protest
Workers demanding better conditions and benefits have destroyed the production line of a Chinese-owned factory in Myanmar making clothes for Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz, in one of...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Max Looking for Financial Services, Banking Partners
Max Myanmar Holding Co., a hotels-to-engineering conglomerate, said it is looking for partnerships in financial services and is in talks with France-based Accor SA to expand cooperation in hotel...
View ArticleInvitation for Cooperation in the area of Manufacturing or Residential...
Industrial Complex (Thaton) (Former named Caustic Soda Mill (Thaton), located in Inn Shae Village, Thaton Township, Mon State, under No.(3) Heavy Industries Enterprise, Ministry of Industry is...
View ArticleTiong Nam’s growth strategy – trucking network linking...
Cross-border trucking and e-commerce businesses could be the next drivers of growth for Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd. According to analysts, Tiong Nam’s proposed expansion of its regional presence...
View ArticleInvitation for Price Quotations for Supply and Installation of Satellite...
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the National Community Driven Development Project (NCDDP). The IDA...
View ArticleRequest for Expressions of Interest for Consultant for Myanmar Flood and...
(Consulting Services– Indivdual Consultant) [COUNTRY] The Republic of the Union of Myanmar [NAME OF PROJECT] Myanmar Flood and Landslides Emergency,Recovery Project Loan No.: 5889 – MM Assignment...
View ArticleBorder Trade: MACCS to be Launched in March
The Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System (MACCS) meeting was held at the Union of Myanmar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) on March 7, is planned launch later this month according to...
View ArticleHeritage Preservation Potential Boost for Tourism
On March 1, Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein posted a clip on Facebook saying that the regional government is preserving around 200 heritage buildings in Yangon. “We are preserving heritage...
View ArticleMinistry Aims at 1 Million Housing Units by 2030
The Ministry of Construction has planned to implement one million units by 2030, according to the government’s housing development plan. The plan began in 2012 and it is intended to be implemented...
View ArticleYangon Used 1,250MW Electricity Last Year
Yangon Region used 1,250 megawatts of power last fiscal year, according to Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation’s chairman Maung Maung Latt. “This year’s consumption might be as high as 1,400...
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