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07 December 2023
Italy withdraws from China's Belt and Road project: govt source
Rakhine coast Photo: Air Bagan
Business
04 May 2015
Statoil and Conoco Phillips awarded deepsea...
The Myanmar Government has awarded a contract to Statoil and Conoco Phillips to explore...
Photo: EPA
Business
02 May 2015
Chinese market for Myanmar’s Shwe Gas stalls
The laying of twin oil and gas pipelines cutting through northern Myanmar to China,...
Traders buying jade and precious stones to export. Photo: EPA
Business
29 April 2015
Export surge needed
An export strategy aimed at integrating Myanmar more broadly into the world economy has...
Samchem is interested in Myanmar and Vietnam. Photo: Samchem Holdings Bhd
Business
28 April 2015
Malaysian chemical company to tap Myanmar
Malaysian chemical products distributor Samchem Holdings Bhd is looking to expand into...
Thura U Shwe Mann has called for a minimum wage for workers to be set at the earliest opportunity. Photo: Mizzima
Business
27 April 2015
Parliament speaker calls for minimum wage soonest
Speaker of Myanmar's House of Representatives and Union Parliament Thura U Shwe Mann has...
Sembcorp hopes to relieve Myanmar's desperate power shortfall. Photo: Sembcorp
Business
25 April 2015
Singapore firm to run Myanmar’s largest gas-fired...
Sembcorp Utilities, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, ...
Myanmar is a popular frontier destination for foreign investors. Here, over 800 international and local business leaders, policymakers, financiers and economists attend the Myanmar Global Investment Forum at the Myanmar International Convention Centre Two in Nay Pyi Twa, Myanmar on September 16, 2014. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima
Business
23 April 2015
Foreign investment in Myanmar sees sharp rise
Myanmar received record foreign direct investment of more than US$8 billion in the 2014-...
A businessman rides his bike past a Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ branch in Tokyo, Japan, 14 May 2014. Photo: Christopher Jue/EPA
Business
23 April 2015
First foreign bank in decades opens in Myanmar
The first foreign bank to operate in Myanmar for decades officially opened the doors of...
Business
22 April 2015
Optimism over ASEAN prospects as WEF winds up
Chairpersons of the 24th World Economic Forum on East Asia closed the three-day event in...
Myanmar has seen a considerable rise in the country's exports of rice. Photo: Mizzima
Business
22 April 2015
Myanmar’s rice exports up 40 percent
Myanmar's rice exports reached nearly 2 million tons in the fiscal year 2014-15 which...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R), Peter Ter Kulve (C) executive vice president South East Asia and Australasia (SEAA) Unilever, and Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) speak during a panel session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 21, 2015. Photo: Adi Weda/EPA
Business
21 April 2015
Equitable development sought for ASEAN
Leaders within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations need to close the income gap in...
Business
21 April 2015
Myanmar tin ‘flood’ leads to world market price...
The price of tin has fallen for eight straight sessions on the London Metal Exchange and...

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