S Korean majors Lotte, Halla Corp to partner Myanmar’s Capital Diamond for...
In a big fillip to the infrastructure sector in Myanmar, South Korea’s construction majors Lotte E&C and Halla Corporation will enter into a joint venture (JV) with local player Capital Diamond...
View ArticleThai brokerage eyes Myanmar role
The Nation has learned that KTZ Ruby Hill Securities, the joint venture with locally-owned Ruby Hill Finance, is one of the 10 companies. More than 100 Thai and foreign brokerage firms along with...
View ArticleWe want to create an online space for entertainment in Myanmar: Momolay’s Soe...
Having secured a seed funding of $200,000 from a Singapore investor for its mobile-first entertainment app, which is focussed on light content, Myanmar’s MoMoLay is probably in the right place at the...
View ArticleYangon Airport calls of EOI for key commercial concessions
Subscribe to our Tender Alert. We send out email alert on Tender and EOI as it happens. Yangon Aerodrome Company Limited (YACL) is seeking Expressions of Interest in these following categories: Travel...
View ArticleExperts warn Myanmar’s opposition victory could affect Japanese businesses
In the wake of Myanmar’s ruling party conceding defeat to Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition forces in the nation’s first free general election in 25 years, Japanese experts say it could have mixed...
View ArticleMyanma Oil and Gas Enterprise invites open tender for 16/2015, Closing Date:...
THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR MINISTRY OF ENERGY MYANMA OIL AND GAS ENTERPRISE ( INVITATION FOR OPEN TENDER) ( 16/2015 ) Open tenders are invited for supply of the following respective items in...
View ArticleHigh-profile contractors blacklisted
Yangon authorities have revoked the licences of a number of well-known contractors. Owners of Shine Construction, Mother Land Group Construction and Great Father Land Construction Decoration were...
View ArticleMyanmar vote boosts hopes of lifting US sanctions if military accepts the...
The United States on Monday (Nov 9) welcomed Myanmar’s election as a victory for the people, and the vote appeared to raise prospects of a further lifting of US sanctions – provided the military...
View ArticleMyanmar’s post-election landscape reshaped by Suu Kyi victory
While supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hit the streets to celebrate an apparent landslide win for her party in Sunday’s election, a dazed former general sat at home licking his...
View ArticleNLD looking to repeat 1990 landslide
Partial results released by the Union Election Commission up to 9pm yesterday showed that the NLD had won 289 out of 333 seats announced so far, including those for regional and state assemblies. The...
View ArticleSingapore firms keeping an eye on changes in Yangon
Business associations and companies in Singapore are hopeful that Myanmar will continue to be an attractive investment destination after an election set to reshape the country’s political landscape....
View ArticleWhat Burma’s general election means for British business
Burma, the last major territory among the world’s most populous 25 countries to emerge from an extended period of enforced isolation, goes to the polls on Sunday in its first openly contested general...
View ArticleForest Products Joint Venture Corporation Ltd invites open tender to sell...
Forest Products Joint Venture Corporation Ltd will sell Hardwood Logs by competitive bidding. Particulars of the Open Tender Sales are as follows: Open Tender No: 07/2015-2016 Date & Time...
View Article3rd Day of Election Result – NLD still leading by 80% of the seat in Parliament
Updated as at Day 3, 11th Nov 2015 10pm based on UEC announced results Percentage of contested seat announced todate – 65% # The current ruling party under President Thein Sein * Aung Sann Suu Kyi’s...
View ArticleH&M, Global Union Team Up to Teach Labour Relations at Suppliers
Fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz said it had agreed with IndustriALL Global Union to jointly train its direct suppliers and their workers in how to improve relations and dialogue between social...
View ArticleMarsh Opens Myanmar Rep Office to Tap Insurance Broking Business
American insurance broking and risk management firm Marsh has opened its Yangon representative office in Myanmar. The Marsh Singapore Yangon Representative Office will conduct market research and...
View ArticleMyanmar Oil Wells to Use Graphene Nanochem Product
Malaysia-based Graphene Nanochem will put its latest product, GraphSolve, to the test in the field for a national oil company in Myanmar. It is a paid trial under the group’s deal with Scomi Oiltools...
View ArticleMyanmar vote raises hopes for sanctions removal
As the National League for Democracy (NLD) looks poised to win Myanmar’s historic elections, western exporters hope that a democratic transition may bring further easing of the US sanctions regime....
View ArticleNLD wins absolute majority in parliament
Official results posted by the Union Election Commission at noon on Friday showed that with nearly 85 percent of all seats declared from the November 8 elections for the national, state and regional...
View ArticleOnline Group Invests in New Recruitment Website
Internet holding company MMOne Online Group has launched a new job website, Jobnet.com.mm, in a bid to tap the rapid growth of online recruitment in the human resources and corporate sectors. The...
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