Myanmar Investment Promotion Plan (MIPP) under review
The Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) along with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will jointly review the MIPP, affected by the coronavirus crisis, to boost the agricultural, health, industrial and digitization sectors for the post
Will coronavirus infect FDI?
Despite a global economic downturn due to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, Myanmar’s foreign direct investment (FDI) has been on the rise. Recently, the Myanmar Investment Commission approved 25 new foreign investments totaling USD 90 million,
Garment industry scores foreign investment despite worker unrest
A new batch of foreign companies will invest a collective USD 24 million to make garments and bags in Yangon. According to the Yangon Region Investment Committee (YRIC), ten companies from Myanmar as well as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Estonia will
Yangon Stock Exchange gains new company
A sixth company will soon be traded on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX). Logistics firm Every Flow River Group Public Co (EFR) will join the bourse on March 20th, with its initial share price reveled on March 19. EFR will begin trading at a high point
China to invest USD 30 billion in industrial zone
As briefly reported in our highlights last week, a Chinese company and several Myanmar partners will invest USD 30 billion in an industrial zone contained within the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone on Myanmar’s west coast. Speaking to parliament, D
