Young people from Myanmar are starting businesses to escape poverty in Chin, the country’s poorest state in Southeast Asia’s least developed country. Chin is a mountainous state in western Myanmar. Its per capita gross domestic product was around 760,000 kyat ($500 at the current exchange rate) in 2017, only about a quarter that of Yangon, […]
Coffee entrepreneurs seek success in Myanmar’s poorest state
May 20, 2019 by Thiha
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Fast-Growing Coffee Sector Looks for Extra Shot of Support From Government
August 1, 2018 by Thiha
YANGON— Myanmar’s coffee market is growing robustly, with the country’s beans attracting increasing interest in international markets as well as locally, industry sources said. U Min Hlaing, secretary of the Myanmar Coffee Association, said demand for Myanmar coffee has surged in the past few years and it is now being exported to more than a […]
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