Myanmar Business Today
First Oil for Long-Awaited Pipeline to China Delayed Again
A long-awaited pipeline that would allow overseas oil to be pumped through Myanmar and into China for the first time has been delayed again as final import licences have not been given, leaving a tanker due to deliver crude sitting in open waters.Keep reading ...
Government to Give Investors Equal Rights at New Industrial Zones, Satellite Townships
The government has plans to build new industrial zones and satellite townships across the country, U Kyaw Win, the minister for planning and finance, told an investment conference.Keep reading ...
Construction on Yangon-Dala Bridge to Begin in April
Construction on the Yangon-Dala cross-river bridge, which will link Yangon’s downtown area to the underdeveloped satellite town, will begin in April this year, the Ministry of Information announced last week.Keep reading ...
Changes to Fuel Policy to Level Playing Field – Minister
Myanmar is planning to liberalize policy for foreign retailors in the local fuel sales industry, the minister for finance and planning said.U Kyaw Win told a meeting of investors at Yangon’s Novotel Hotel that “one of the reasons for liberalizing the policy is that there ...
Japan Donates Boat to Serve Rakhine Route Stricken by Fatal Sinking
The Japanese government has donated a boat to Rakhine state that will serve the same route where a fatal sinking killed dozens in 2015.The boat, delivered by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, is the first if a batch of watercraft that will be used for ...
Fruit and Veg Growers Call on Gov to Build Weekend Wholesale Markets in Yangon
Fruit and vegetable growers have called on the government to build weekend wholesale markets as part of the Yangon region’s agricultural master plan, which was devised by the government to boost the local agricultural industry.Keep reading ...
Factory Workers in Hlaing Tharyar Protest Halving of Thingyan Holiday
Hundreds of workers from factories in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar staged protests against a government decision to halve the number of days in the annual Thingyan holiday.Last week, 500 workers from 15 different factories held a demonstration against the government announcement that their normal 10-day Thingyan ...
Yangon Fintech Firm Launches Data Services in Bid to Modernise Microfinance
Yangon based fintech company ThitsaWorks has launched data management solutions for small and medium microfinance institutions (MFIs), as it seeks to take their operations out of notebooks and onto screens.The firm hopes that through its cloud and data centre services, microfinance organisations will become more ...
Firm in Talks to Raise $25m for Project to Lay Fibre Optic Cables in Major Cities
FibreLink Myanmar, a firm that aims to lay fibre optic broadband cables in cities throughout the country, is in talks to raise $25 million of equity for the first stage of its investment plan.Keep reading ...
Kachin Jade Sales Net Tax of $8.77m, a Figure Dwarfed by Black Market
Kachin state has generated K12 billion, roughly $8.77 million, for state coffers from sales of jade so far this fiscal year, the state’s chief minister has said. But that figure is minuscule compared to the multi-billion dollar black market thriving in the region.Keep reading ...