Category: Highlights

Natural gas exports brings in close to USD 3 billion

Amidst a collapse of global oil and natural gas prices, Myanmar’s exports of natural gas over the past ten months of current fiscal year amounted to USD 2.97 billion said the latest data from the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry. It is a

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Myanmar negotiates with Saudi Arabia to resume fish exports

The Global New Light of Myanmar reported that the Ministry of Commerce is currently negotiating with the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Myanmar about exports of fishery products to the Arab kingdom. In April 2018, following the detection of two prawn di

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Power Purchase Agreements with solar tender winners scrutinized

24th September is the day that the government had determined as the deadline to agree on Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with the winners of the 1.06 gigawatt solar tender from last July. The tender stirred controversy because of its tight deadline

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1st Mekong-US Partnership Ministerial meeting held

In the midst of an ongoing China-US spat (see here and here), Mr Stephen Biegun, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States (on behalf of US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo), held the 1st Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) ministerial meeting less th

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ASEAN seals roadmap for future-ready human resources

On Wednesday September 16th, ASEAN Member States’ labour and education ministers launched the “Roadmap of ASEAN Declaration on Human Resources Development for the Changing World of Work” as well as the “ASEAN Technical and Vocatio

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Myanmar and Korea hold joint general trade working committee

Myanmar and the Republic of Korea (ROK) organized their 1st joint general trade working group committee meeting online last week reported state media. U Min Min, Director-General of the Trade Department of Myanmar’s Ministry of Commerce, and Mr Chu

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