The Ministry of Commerce says it will now be taking action against individuals or companies for the improper preparation of documentation for export and import invoices or sales contracts. Such improper documentation includes creating fake invoices or sale contracts, fraudulent data input, illegal transactions and wrongly listing prices and values in invoices or sales contracts […]
Read MoreInclusive business is a new and relevant concept for Myanmar. Inclusive businesses are commercially viable investments that provide scaled-up, innovative, and systemic solutions for problems experienced by the poor and marginalised. They can create new income opportunities for the poor by engaging them in the value chains of profitable businesses while paying better than market […]
Read MoreResearch shows that the scaling up and regularisation of trade and investment through Dawei Special Economic Zone has a risk to narrow, restrict, or reduce economic spaces or practices in which women predominate, pushing women towards precarious positions in labour hierarchies. Dawei Development Association (DDA), affected community members and EarthRights International launched a new report […]
Read MoreU Thaung Tun’s new ministry should be an effective voice of business in government, challenging line ministries on red tape while ensuring all business-related laws are properly consulted on. WITH liberalisation stalled, investor interest falling, and criticisms from the private sector increasingly vocal, the National League for Democracy-led (NLD-led) government has gone on the charm […]
Read MoreLack of clarity in the contract signed between Italian-Thai Development (ITD) and the Myanmar government to develop the highly controversial Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Tanintharyi Region needs to be addressed, an SEZ official cautioned as the government is mulling plans to change the developer. Myanmar SEZ Central Working Body Secretary U Aung Soe […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s expected integration with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the beginning of next year will translate into an upgrade in the regulatory environment, attracting further regional investments, a leading Singapore group said on the sidelines of a recent forum. Singapore Association of Myanmar (SAM) this month organised the inaugural SAM Business Summit in Lotte […]
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