THE Mandalay business chamber has pushed for an amendment to make it easier for ordinary members to join its central executive committee in an election which will take place in two months time. Eighty members of the Mandalay Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MRCCI) have submitted their joint request to the authority and related […]
Read MoreExisting legislation and governance structures covering the development and operation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Myanmar and Cambodia have been skewed toward the interests of investors but against those of locals and the environment, according to an October report by civil organisations Paung Ku, Dawei Development Association, Tavoyan Women’s Union, Myanmar SEZs’Watch, EarthRights International […]
Read MoreTrade between Myanmar and its international counterparts hit $16.9 billion between April 1 and October 13 in the current fiscal year, government data revealed. That’s an increase of $2.9 billion over the same period in the previous fiscal year. The rise in external trade came despite a substantial drop in business at many of Myanmar’s […]
Read MoreGlobal automated teller machine (ATM) makers are locked in a race for market share in Myanmar, where more than 90 percent of the population remains unbanked. US-listed NCR Corporation is one, while Diebold Nixdorf, a recent merger between US-based Diebold and Germany’s Windcor Nixdorf, is another. With less than 2,000 ATMs installed in the country, […]
Read MoreThe French chamber will launch its Mandalay business centre in early November to serve European, French and Myanmar businesses eager to expand into the country’s second largest city. CCI France Myanmar Business Centre will be located in Unit 5, Block 2 of the Mingalar Mandalay Compound. Situated beside the old Chanmyathazi airport and across the New […]
Read MoreThe Japanese remain interested in expanding their presence in Myanmar despite lower investments in recent years compared to before and a refugee crisis unfolding in northern Rakhine. At the 13th Joint meeting of the Myanmar-Japan CCI Business Cooperation Committees in Yangon on October 23, the new Investment Law, development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) […]
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