Foreign Investment in Agriculture Rests on Policy Support, Innovation, Says...
Myanmar’s agricultural sector is ‘very close’ to seeing an uptick in foreign investment but only if the government continues providing policy support and if investors are willing to ‘innovate’,...
View ArticleMyint and Associates Telecommunications Enter Agreement to Resell Data Centre...
Local data centre operator Myint and Associates Telecommunications (MAT) has signed an agreement to allow ICT solutions company NTT Communications to resell space from its Yangon data centre to local...
View ArticleOoredoo to Roll Out Faster 4G in ‘Most Cities’ After it Secures 1800 MHz...
Telco Ooredoo has said its 4G network could get up to twice as fast after the operator acquired two blocks of 1800 megahertz spectrum last month. Qatari-backed Ooredoo paid $80 million for 2 x 10...
View ArticleDealers Face Shortages of Toyota Alphards, Myanmar’s Most Popular Used-Car
The Toyota Alphard has become the highest selling used-car in Myanmar say industry experts, with the Japanese made car selling so well in fact, car dealers are struggling to keep up with demand. Even...
View ArticleYangon Government Begins Taking Delivery of New YBS Rolling Stock
One thousand brand new Chinese-made buses will soon enter the Yangon Bus Service (YBS) as part of government plans to replace the city’s ageing rolling stock, said a transport official. In April, the...
View ArticleGlobal economic instability drives the rubber price to decline
Rubber prices in Myanmar have declined due to global economic instability, particularly in durable goods markets and petroleum which are closely linked to rubber said U Khaing Myint, the general...
View ArticleMinistry of Electricity and Energy Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (Invitation...
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View ArticleExport Marketing & Milling Department Invitation for open tender. Closing...
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View ArticleThe Kra Canal that cuts Thailand into two – will it become a reality?
The ancient dreams of constructing a canal across the Kra Isthmus had been rekindled. A few weeks ago, there was a news item in the local media in Thailand related to the revival of the idea of...
View ArticleMyanmar Trade Show, Exhibition & Conference Calendar for the month of July &...
Name, Venue & Organizer Date Myanmar Phar-Med Expo, Rose Garden Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar, Minh Vi Exhibition & Advertisement Services Co. Ltd (Veas Co. Ltd) 05-07 Jul 2017 ASEAN Ports and...
View ArticleReal estate market remains cool, expert says
Interview on 9 June with U Khin Maung Than, chair of the Myanmar Real Estate Services Association by May Thet Hnin, a reporter for the Global New Light of Myanmar. Q: What is the current conditionof...
View ArticleBuses, buses everywhere — is it too many?
“YBS system has been introduced. Traffic Control system has also been introduced. The question then arises! Can these actions ease traffic jams in Yangon? No. Especially in a country which tries to be...
View ArticleUpgrade Underway to Improve Power in Yangon
The government is upgrading electricity generation, transmission and distribution in Yangon Region, Daw Nilar Kyaw, minister of Electricity, Industry, Transport and Communication, told a news...
View ArticleNowhere to Go For Yangon Squatters Driven Out for New ‘Eco Green City’
RANGOON – A mother of two small children, Daw Tin Mar Win gazed on as a group of men demolished her bamboo thatched house with chainsaws, and cut down the mango trees that had surrounded it. On...
View ArticleBurma Signals for Foreign Investment
NAYPYIDAW — Burma’s businesspeople are expecting foreign investments to help launch their projects after buying thousands of acres across the country to develop industrial zones and large-scale...
View ArticleYangon to Spend $100m on Drainage
Yangon Region’s government has drafted a plan to repair drainage and take flood prevention measures with US$100 million granted by the World Bank, said Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein yesterday. He told...
View ArticleInvitation to submit Proposals for construction of warehouse, and dry ports...
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View ArticleMPRL E&P starts drilling for Pyi Thit well-1
According to MPRL E&P, Pyi Thit Well 1 in offshore Block A-6 was spudded to appraise gas reserves and prospects. The British Virgin Island-registered MPRL E&P signed a production sharing...
View ArticleJapan constitutes nearly half of FDI in Thilawa SEZ
Japan has put investments of US$468 million into Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) so far, accounting for over 43 per cent of total foreign direct investments, according to Myanmar Japan Thilawa...
View ArticleMyanma Railways Invitation to open tender Closing Date on 20th July 2017
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