A British company has created a joint-venture with a Myanmar firm to enter the marine industry as well as oil and natural gas sector. A child sqeezes oil out of a rag at an oil field in Minhla township, Magwe Region. Aung Htay Hlaing / The Myanmar Times Representatives from the UK firm, James Fisher […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and Myanmar are expected to see improved agriculture and food security sectors amid efforts to strengthen the economic relations between the two countries. In a statement, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said President Duterte’s recent meeting with Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw and State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Daw […]
Read More(KPL) The Economic Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with Khammuan provincial authorities, have organised a seminar on preparing Lao Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) access Market ASEAN SMEs. A two-day seminar was held on March 20 in Khammuan Province under the theme “Opportunity and Challenge on Accessing Marketing of ASEAN’s SME” attended […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government has decided not to change electricity tariffs for 12 customer categories, which has been adjusted just recently. The government assured that electricity tariffs will not increase until June 2017. According to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Regulation No. 18 of 2017 on Electricity Tariffs, the tariffs for the 12 customer categories […]
Read MoreMANILA – The Philippine central bank left its key overnight borrowing rate steady at 3.0% on Thursday, saying inflation should settle within its target for this year and next. Nine out of 10 economists in a Reuters poll predicted the central bank would stand pat on rates, following the widely expected move by the US […]
Read MoreExports slid in February after three months of increases, mainly due to lower shipments of gold and aircraft. The Commerce Ministry yesterday reported that exports fell by 2.8% year-on-year in February to UScopy8.47 billion after rising 8.8% in January, 6.2% in December and 10.2% in November. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the ministry’s trade policy and […]
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