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Myanmar tourism boom set to bring 7.5m visitors a year
AFPCategory: BusinessDomesticForeign tourists ride on bullock carts and a horse-drawn carriage in Bagan. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPAMyanmar is hoping to lure 7.5 million tourists a year by 2019, an...
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India plans to set up SEZ in Rakhine State
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticSittwe beach, Rakhine State. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPAIndia plans to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sittwe, Rakhine State, where it has already built a port. The...
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Twinings tea comes to Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticStephen TwiningStephen Twining, tenth generation member of the famous tea family, was in Yangon for Twinings’ 310th anniversary and the official launch of Twinings tea...
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Vietjet to introduce regular daily flights from Yangon to Ho Chi Minh City
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticPhoto: BoeingA fleet of 10 Vietjet branded cars will be taking to Yangon’s roads from 3 till 6pm on Thursday 18th August, Vietjet said in a statement on 16 August. The...
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Jade entrepreneurs submit proposal to suspend jade mining
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticHpakant jade mining area in Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Photo: MizzimaJade entrepreneurs have united to submit a signed proposal to the Union Government to suspend...
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British Chamber of Commerce seeks to connect UK businesses to Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticThe British Chamber in Myanmar has launched a range of business services to assist UK companies with market entry in to Myanmar, according to a statement on 23 August....
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Visiting Indian economists advise against ‘big bang’ approach to Myanmar...
Min MinCategory: BusinessDomesticPhoto: Min Min/MizzimaTwo visiting high profile Indian economists have called on Myanmar government policy makers to be cautious in how they handle the economy, taking...
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FDI in hotel and tourism projects hits US$2,918.5252 million
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomestic(File) Workers are seen at the construction site of the Novotel hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 September 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPAForeign direct investment (FDI) in...
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New garment factories could provide up to 6,000 new jobs
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticGarment workers at a clothing factory in Pathein, Ayeyarwaddy, Myanmar. Photo: Hong Sar/MizzimaMyanmar Investment Commission has granted permission for the...
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Border trade between China and Myanmar reaches over US$2 Billion
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticThe border crossing between Ruili in China and Muse in Myanmar. Photo: MizzimaThe value of border trade between China and Myanmar during the first five months of this...
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Officials committed to Dawei
Bangkok PostCategory: BusinessDomesticPhoto: Theingi Tun/MizzimaThai officials and their Myanmar counterparts remain committed to the long-awaited Dawei megaproject, with the Myanmar-Thailand Joint...
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City Mart celebrates its 20th Anniversary
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticCity Mart Holding Company Limited (CMHL) held a “Customer Appreciation Night” over the weekend as part of the retailer’s 20th Anniversary celebrations, the company said...
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Japanese companies invest over US$258 million in Thilawa SEZ
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticPhoto: Bo Bo/MizzimaJapanese companies have invested over US$ 258 million in 25 enterprises operating out of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone beginning from November...
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Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business launches 2016 transparency report
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticAn aerial view of Yangon. Photo: Hong Sar/MizzimaThe Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) launched its third Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (TiME)/Pwint...
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Myanmar’s jade industry needs reform, says Global Witness
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticWorkers in a jade mining area in Hpakant, Kachin State.After announcing that all economic sanctions on Myanmar will be lifted, the U.S. must urgently set out its plan...
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FMI ranked Myanmar’s most transparent company
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticU Theim Wai aka Serge Pun, FMI's Executive Chairman speaks during the opening ceremony of the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) in March. Photo: MizzimaFirst Myanmar...
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CMT’s 3rd Myanmar Mining Summit to be held in Yangon in October
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomestic2nd Myanmar Mining Summit in Yangon in 2013. Photo: CMTCMT will hold the 3rd Myanmar Mining summit on 18-20 October in Yangon. The event will be co-hosted by the newly...
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South Korea’s fourth-largest bank opens branch in Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticShinhan Bank CEO Suh Jin-won, left, cuts tape with Naw Eh Hpaw, center, deputy director general of the Central Bank of Myanmar, and other guests during an opening...
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Tata group opens new office in Yangon
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticInauguration of Tata group's new office premises in Yangon, Myanmar, by Harish Bhat, member, Group Executive Council, Tata Sons; Madhu Kannan, member of the Group...
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Myanmar villagers travel to Japan to challenge Thilawa investors
MizzimaCategory: BusinessDomesticThilawa site. Photo: Bo Bo/MizzimaVillagers near Yangon, Myanmar, are traveling to Japan this week to meet with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and...
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