MOGE Invitation for Tender (14 / 2017). Closing Date 30 August 2017
Open tenders are invited for supply of the following respective items in Myanmar Kyats. Sr.No Tender No Description Remark (1) DMP/L-045(17-18) 1 1/2” Pitch Five Layer Roller Chain and Offset Link (2)...
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The insurance queue just got longer
Myanmar has a historic connection with the insurance industry. Almost 80 insurance companies operated in the market from the mid-19th century till the mid-20th century, and a large number of them were...
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Limited Links Sink Myanmar’s Potential
Despite its 2,000 kilometer-long coastline, reaching from Bangladesh to the west and Thailand to the east, Myanmar is home to only nine functioning ports, with the one in the commercial capital of...
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Myanmar, Asian Satellite Operator Extend Business Service Partnership
YANGON, July 25 (Xinhua) — Myanmar’s KBZ Gateway company and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) have extended business partnership for better connectivity service in the country, official...
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Traditional Myanmar Face Paste Now Cool in Thailand
BANGKOK — A traditional skincare ingredient has taken a seldom-traveled road — from Myanmar to Thailand. It is rare for a Myanmar trend to cross the Thai border. But thanaka has found its way and...
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Suu Kyi Government Brings Back Myanmar’s ‘Mr. SEZ’
YANGON — Myanmar’s government has brought a key architect of the previous administration’s economic policy back into the fold, aiming to bolster confidence in the business community. President Htin...
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Ministry to Lift Ban on Livestock Export
The government has signalled its latest measure to boost the country’s agriculture and husbandry industries by offering loans to farms and lifting the ban on livestock export, according to the...
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Sule Port premier port of Myanmar
Sule Port, the nation’s busiest sea port for rice, handles an average of 1.3 million metric tons of imports and 600,000 metric tons of export, annually. A total of 49,801 metric tons of rice were...
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Traders seek to recoup losses on K5 billion in seized rice
About 50 rice traders from Mandalay Region and Katha, Banmauk, Htigyaing and Kawlin townships in Sagaing Region said their partner’s detention for the past two months has hurt their business. Their...
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Promise seen for cards in Myanmar’s ranks of unbanked
Zayar Aung, head of cards at CB Bank, said Myanmar had enjoyed annual growth in cards usage over the past four years thanks to the growing number of automated teller machines (ATMs). “Four years ago,...
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US Firms Lobby for Removal of Myanmar Trade Restrictions
YANGON — American businesses based in Myanmar are urging their government to remove sections 311 and 312 of the USA Patriot Act which prohibit US banks from trading in Myanmar. The American Chamber of...
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AMCHAM Myanmar Encourages U.S. Banks to Enter Myanmar Market
The American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar (AMCHAM Myanmar) recently led a financial services business delegation to Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw consisting of 13 companies to meet with government...
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Circular Railway Upgrade Project to Start in October
The upgrading of the Circular railway is going to start in October 2017 said Myanma Railway deputy general manager U Zaw Lwin, as part of the governent’s efforts to improve public transportation. The...
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Race to Unlock Yangon’s Gridlock
On a repurposed bus still bearing Korean-language transit maps, Mr Soe Than navigates service No. 4 through rush-hour Yangon. Powerful air-conditioning keeps the mix of students, labourers and office...
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China in Talks to Sell Electricity to Myanmar Amid Warming Ties
YANGON (Reuters) – Energy-hungry Myanmar is in initial talks to buy electricity from China, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters, in the latest sign of warming ties with Beijing...
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Hiring Digital Marketing Officer
The Irrawaddy – a leading news publication in Myanmar is seeking to hire a Digital Marketing Officer to join its office in Yangon. The applicant is expected to be responsible for client visits,...
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Clothing Exports Set to Reach $3bn
Export earnings from cutting, making and packaging clothing manufacturing is expected to reach up to US$3 billion this year, said Soe Myint, the chair of the Myanmar Garment Entrepreneurs’...
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Solving Myanmar’s Power Problem
ABB believes microgrids are the solution to Myanmar’s power shortage problems. A senior executive at the power grid company explains how it can be done. Stay in Yangon long enough and you’ll probably...
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Myanmar needs to modernise small farms to rev up sluggish sector
The London-based Oxford Business Group (OBG) said the modernisation of the small farm production “will require investment, policy reform and harmonisation between the government, the private sector...
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Timber group replaces sub-contractors with service providers
This comes after it previously said no more sub-contracts would be issued. It announced that the decision to hire service providers was due to the MTE’s capacity limits. Experts have questioned the...
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