Category: Highlights

Car sales up 25% in 2019

According to the latest report released by the ASEAN Automotive Federation (AAF), the sales of motor vehicles in Myanmar jumped 25.4% from January to November 2019 compared to 1 year prior (15,365 to 19,274). Though at a very low level in terms of vo

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China’s President Xi to visit Myanmar next week?

According to numerous reports, the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, is expected to visit Myanmar late next week to discuss bilateral relations and celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Myanmar. Thou

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Chin State’s very first airport slated to open within 6 months

Chin State’s Chief Minister Salai Lian Luai officially announced that the Surbung airport, the first in Myanmar’s poorest state, is slated to open to national flights by June this year. 5 years in the making, the airport is built on an ol

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Thai govt to grant loans to develop transnational road network

Regional integration between the CMLVT countries (Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand) through infrastructure development has been high on the agendas of the respective regional governments and a new grant from Thailand will help develop it

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Japan to launch project to boost farm productivity in Myanmar

The daily Japanese newspaper The Mainichi, reported that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Myanmar government signed an agreement to launch a 390 million yen (USD 3.6 million), 4-year long, project to boost irrigation and agri

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Myanmar 126th out of 152 in e-commerce readiness index

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released last week its 2019 edition of the “Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index” in which Myanmar classifies at the 126th place out of 152 assessed countries. The UNC

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