Category: Highlights

Hanthawaddy airport project back on track

7Day News Daily reported that the Hanthawaddy International Airport project in Bago Region is back on tracks with the first phase to be completed in 2027 according to a statement released by the Department of Civil Aviation, under the Ministry of Tra

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Kirin Ichiban target of boycott campaign

After being singled out in June by Human Rights Watch, it is now the turn of Burma Campaign UK to take a jab at Kirin Holdings by launching a new boycott campaign against Kirin Ichiban lager.Kirin, a Japanese company making alcoholic and soft drinks,

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Import/export online licensing big success

On April 1st this year, as the pandemic loomed and threatened Myanmar’s economic growth, the Trade Department under the Ministry of Commerce launched an online licencing system for export and import businesses to facilitate trade, reduce person

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Inflation in June below 8 per cent, first in a year

The Central Statistical Organization (CSO) under the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry announced that inflation stood at 7.91 percent in June 2020, the first time it is below 8 per cent in a year. The last time inflation was below the 8 perc

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Local companies to build new international port in Ayeyarwady

The Irrawaddy reported that Unison Choice Services Limited, a subsidiary of YSX-listed Ever Flow River Group Public Company (EFR) and Ayeyar Hinthar Holdings Co., Ltd (AHH) have formed a joint venture to implement the Ayeyarwady International Industr

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Myanmar’s trade with ASEAN members close to USD 10 billion this FY

Ministry of Commerce released the trade numbers for the first ten months of the current fiscal year (October 2019 – July 2020) and trade between Myanmar and its fellow ASEAN members reached USD 9.94 billion over the period. Myanmar registered a

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