New Myanmar auto import policy announced
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticTraffic is seen on a road in central Yangon. Photo: AFPMyanmar has outlined a new auto import policy for 2019, saying that only vehicles with left-hand drive can be...
View ArticleEU withdrawal of GSP unlikely to impact investment in Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticU Than Aung Kyaw, deputy director general of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA). Photo: DICAThe European Union (EU)'s probable withdrawal...
View ArticleMyanmar, Vietnam trade hits over 360 million USD in five months
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: BusinessDomesticThe container port facility of Asia World Port Terminal located along Yangon city river. Photo: AFPBilateral trade between Myanmar and Vietnam has reached...
View ArticleMyanmar-Singapore joint venture increases capital in aviation fuel import
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticA view of oil storage tanks inside the Puma Energy Asia Sun petroleum products terminal in Thilawa port, Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPAA Myanmar-Singapore...
View ArticleBilateral trade with Germany over $USD 320 million
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticWorkers use crane as they unload chemical-fertilizer bags from a ship at Asia World port in Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPAMyanmar’s trade with Germany from April to...
View ArticleChina, Myanmar sign MoU on feasibility study of Muse-Mandalay railway
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: BusinessDomesticPassengers look out of window and take photographs with mobile phone as Mandalay-Lashio transport train passes over Gokteik viaduct in Shan State, Myanmar....
View ArticleYoma Bank and MC Easy Microfinance sign two MMK 4 Billion Agreements
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticYoma Bank and MC Easy Microfinance company limited signed two funding agreements of total MMK 8 billion (MMK 4 billion each). The first agreement was successfully...
View ArticleSingapore agency predicts a positive forecast for Myanmar economy
Upendranadh ChoragudiCategory: BusinessDomesticShips and gantry cranes at the Asia World Port Terminal, located along the Yangon city river, in Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFPA positive forecast and...
View ArticleIt is time for visa on arrival for tourists between Myanmar and India
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticAn Indian vendor bringing goods from Myanmar through Indo-Myanmar friendship gate in Moreh in the Tengnoupal district of Manipur state, India. Photo: EPAMyanmar sits at...
View ArticleMyanmar to hold investment fairs to spur development
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: BusinessDomesticAn arieal view of a street in downtown Mandalay, central Myanmar. Photo: AFPMyanmar is making preparations to hold a business forum in Mandalay, the...
View ArticleADB publishes estimated GDP figures for 2018/19
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticStaff member of Asia Green Development Bank piles up counted Myanmar Kyat notes at Sule branch office, in Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPAThe Asian Development Outlook...
View ArticleConsortium set to build 12 story high-rise in Yangon
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticConstruction laborers working on a building site in Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFPMyanmar Pharmaceutical Industrial Enterprise (MPIE) and a consortium of two local...
View ArticleIllegal aliens from Sagaing watermelon and muskmelon farms deported
Won Lian San/Myanmar NowCategory: BusinessDomesticPhoto: Ministry of CommerceSagaing Region government minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation said today at the assembly that some foreigners...
View ArticleBorder trade increased by US$592 million
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticMuse border crossing. Photo: MizzimaThe value of border trade from 1 April to 31 August, during the six-month interim period prior to the next 2018-2019 financial year,...
View ArticleBorder trade between Myanmar and India reaches USD 87 million
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticPeople carry goods from Myanmar and enter India through Indo-Myanmar Friendship Gate at Moreh, some 120 kms from Imphal, the capital city of Manipur state. Photo:...
View ArticleChina Enterprises Chamber of Commerce established in Myanmar
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: BusinessDomesticThe opening ceremony of China Enterprises Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar (CECCM) was held in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon late Friday. The opening...
View ArticleYangon allows 92 investment enterprises from 10 foreign countries
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticCars pass on the Hledan flyover near the new construction in Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPAMyanmar's Yangon Region Investment Committee (YRIC) has permitted 92...
View ArticleVisa restrictions relaxed for visitors from Japan, China and Hong Kong
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticA general view shows the Yangon International Airport's new Terminal 1 in Yangon. Photo: AFPWith the aim of increasing tourism business in Myanmar, ordinary passport...
View ArticleExports to the US worth $205.6 million
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticShips dock at the port in Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPAMyanmar’s exports to the United States surpassed imports from April to July of current mini-budget period...
View ArticleYoma Strategic Enters Myanmar’s Heavy Equipment Rental Sector
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticPhoto: MSP CAT/FacebookYoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. has announced that Yoma Fleet, the automotive and heavy equipment financing platform which is a wholly-owned deemed...
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