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အောက်တွင် မြန်မာလို ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည် “If a problem arises, protect your valuable assets first,” says Mr. Christoph Vavrik, Managing Director of Myanmar Carlsberg, during an interview with Myanmar Business Today. “The most important asset in a company is not necessarily a brand or exploration rights for an oil company or real estate....
Yangon Gold Enterpreneur Association (YGEA) is working on innitiating Paper Gold scheme, which allows people to trade gold using the gold certificate issued by the banks. Under the paper gold system, gold is deposited at the banks as assets, for which the banks issue certificate equivalent to the deposited gold....
Year Foreign direct investment into the agriculture sector in Myanmar as of August 2020-2021 Fiscal Year is less than one percent of the total FDI into the country, according to the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration. The Agricultural sector only received USD10.650 million between April and September 2018 and...
  The Yangon-Bangkok highway project that will allow people to reach Bangkok Yangon by bus in nine hours has launched with financial assistance from Asia Development Bank, according to the Ministry of Construction.  Currently, it takes 16 hours to travel 570 miles from Thialwa, Yangon to Bangkok by vehicles.  One the new...
The M1 Group, which bought Telenor Myanmar's business operation in July, said that it has no contact with the Military. Telenor group sold 100 percent of its mobile operations in Myanmar to M1 Group for a total consideration of 105 million USD, of which 55 million USD is a deferred payment over five...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that some 1.6 million jobs were lost in Myanmar in 2021 with the military takeover compounding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the population impacted by the weakened labour market, women workers were hit most. Working hours are estimated to have decreased 18 per...
Norwegian telecom firm Telenor issued an announcement today on September 15 hinting at the deployment of surveillance tech in Myanmar by saying that its continued presence would require Telenor Myanmar to activate intercept equipment for the use of Myanmar authorities. "Having worked actively to avoid activation of intercept equipment, Telenor...
The Central Bank of Myanmar sold $2.5 million on August 12, which is the fifth time it auctioned dollars in the first two weeks of August. With this auction, the total amount of dollars, that the Central Bank of Myanmar has sold, now totals $13 million in August alone. The...
Better Technologies Myanmar (trading as Better HR), based in Yangon has grown to 150 customer companies across 3 countries within 1 year, making it the first Yangon-based startup in the HR space to make it regional. Better HR is a cloud-based application that allows organizations to streamline HR processes such...
In recent years, the Myanmar bean and pulses industry often suffers from the impact of import policy changes by India, the biggest buyer of Myanmar’s beans and pulses, and whose production is on the rise. Years when crop productivity is strong, India lowers import to protect local farmers, which...