Malaysia visit still requires a visa
Malaysia is keeping its visa requirements for Myanmar citizens in place for the foreseeable future, Malaysian ambassador to Myanmar Mohd Haniff Abd Rahman has confirmed. It is possible that, in...
View ArticleYangon Door2Door – Food Delivery growing from Strength to Strength
Delivery man on bike outside a restaurant The viability of a food delivery service in Yangon has been doubted in the past, but Yangon Door2Door and CEO Shady Ramadan are growing more popular....
View ArticleMyanmar Government Seeking Business Co-operation in Liquid Natural Gas –...
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View ArticleMinistry Aims to Wrap Up Fuel Station Tender This Year
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy will try to finalise a scrutiny process of tender proposals from foreign companies for joint venture fuel sale businesses in Myanmar this year. There are only...
View ArticleFlexenclosure secures order for its eSite hybrid power solution from Myanmar
Flexenclosure has received another order for its green eSite hybrid power solution to be deployed in Myanmar, this time from local fibre infrastructure providerGolden 11. Flexenclosure is a designer...
View ArticleMyanmar car importers struggle to survive
MYANMAR car importers are fretting that auto sales will continue to drop until the end of 2017 if the government does not come up with a clear, comprehensive auto policy. Soe Tun, president of the...
View ArticleIndian cotton plantation successfully done in Myingyan Township
Agriculture is the main industry of Myanmar, which makes farmers a part of the most important sector in this country. In Mandalay Region, Myingyan Township, the local cultivators are very pleased with...
View ArticleSlips for Hpa-an’s affordable housing project sold off to third parties
Entitlement slips for units in an affordable housing project to be built in the vicinity of Hpa-an’s Industrial Zone, Kayin State, are already being bought and sold, local real-estate agents have told...
View Article48 shops in Mandalay fined for failing to place commercial tax stamps on...
FROM 1 April to 22 August this year, Mandalay Region Internal Revenue Department fined 48 shops for failing to put commercial tax stamps on their vouchers, said its Assistant Director U Kyaw Aung Moe....
View ArticleCollier Yangon Hotel H1 2016 Review
Correction in ADR observed amid rising competition The hotel market in Yangon is currently in a state of rapid transition with supply rising to unprecedented levels. Colliers expects competition to...
View ArticleInternational cosmetics products are widely available in the Myanmar market,...
International cosmetics products are widely available in the Myanmar market, but concerns over quality and safety still remain. To learn more about cosmetics products in the market, Myanmar Business...
View ArticleThai finance firm Group Lease to buy Myanmar microfinance business
Thai motorcycle lessor Group Lease PCL plans to buy 71.9 percent of BG Microfinance Myanmar from Sri Lanka’s Commercial Credit and Finance PLC for an unspecified amount, to take advantage of rising...
View ArticleGems and Jewellery Entrepreneurs Hustles for Lower Tax Rate
Gem entrepreneurs have urged the Ministry of Planning and Finance to review the commercial tax rate on the gems sector which is listed as a special item in the Special Commodities Tax Law. In 2015,...
View ArticleIllegal Chicken Imports Continue to Worry Mandalay Producers
Representatives from the Mandalay Livestock Federation (MLF) urged the Mandalay Regional Government to take actions against illegal frozen chicken import and control its trading in the market in...
View ArticleTelenor on a building spree in Myanmar
The Norwegian-linked company Telenor wants to make sure that affordable mobile communication services reach all levels of Myanmar society, and not only targeting the high-income earners. CEO of the...
View ArticleTime to re-look your investment plan in Myanmar as Obama pledges to lift all...
President Obama this morning pledge that the US will lift all remaining sanction s against Myanmar after meeting Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the Oval Office. Currently the last remaining Myanmar tycoons...
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SINGAPORE — The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) will lead a six-day business mission to Myanmar from Monday (Sept 12), the first since President Htin Kyaw took office in March. Led by SBF chairman...
View ArticleChallenges to squatter registration project submitted to Yangon chief minister
A pilot project to register squatters living in Yangon Region was conducted on September 2 in South Dagon Myothit Township. The project reportedly faced many obstacles such as weaknesses in...
View ArticleStudy finds nearly all Yangon adults can read
Nearly every adult in Yangon Region can read, according to a recent survey organised by the regional education office. The finding that 99.89 percent of the adult residents in the commercial capital...
View ArticleYCDC tells construction firms to change designs if they want permits approved
Nearly one third of Yangon’s high-rise building projects given in-principle construction permission under the previous government have been told to go back to the drawing board and make design changes...
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