New website offers smartphone news for Myanmar consumers SATURDAY, 11 JUNE 2016 – With mobile penetration rates in Myanmar continuing to soar, a new website has been launched to provide consumers with the latest news and reviews of smartphones and associated gadgets. The Myanmar language website inmya.com was launched at the end of May after […]
Read MoreDHL launches largest express facility in Myanmar TUESDAY, 7 JUNE 2016 – DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, has launched the largest express facility in Myanmar, set to support the nation’s fast-growing economy which is forecast to rise by 8.5% in 2016, the company said in a statement. Located in Yangon and […]
Read MoreContainer ship jam at Yangon’s port SATURDAY, 4 JUNE 2016 – Container ships arriving at Myanmar’s Port of Yangon in May were forced to wait in port up to three times longer than normal due to high levels of congestion, according to a report by JOC.com on June 2. Ship call data seen by JOC.com […]
Read More‘Paddy to plate’ rice report launched WEDNESDAY, 1 JUNE 2016 – Social enterprise Proximity Designs launched a report on 31 May titled ‘Paddy to Plate: the Rice Ecosystem in Myanmar,’ which aims to identify the roles at each stage of paddy production, the factors that drive decision making in the sales chain, and the opportunities […]
Read MoreHeavy trading on Yangon Stock Exchange as second company lists SATURDAY, 21 MAY 2016 – Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings, or MTSH, became the second company on Myanmar’s Yangon Stock Exchange, riding a flood of interest from the country’s burgeoning equities market, according to Nikkei Asian Review in a report May 21. Trading was brisk. The […]
Read MoreCambodia, Laos & Myanmar – 2016 Foreign Investment Outlook Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are amongst ASEAN’s smaller economies, yet all different and facing different issues. Taken as a trio, their collective GDP performance is still less than that as China’s Yunnan Province, which lies to the north of Cambodia and Laos, and also borders with eastern […]
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