Kin Cho has been selling bottled petrol to passing motorists in central Myanmar for over a decade. Each liter costs roughly $1, and she sells about four on a good day. Now that her village is hooked up to reliable electricity, she bought an electric fuel dispenser. She now makes $20 a day from petrol […]
Myanmar to manufacture electric buses
“We need to use alternative fuels, as the fossil fuels we are burning today will be exhausted soon”, said Union Minister for Industry U Khin Maung Cho at the signing of an agreement to manufacture electric buses and erect charging stations in Myanmar. At the signing ceremony, held at the Research and Development Bureau in […]
MR to Call Tenders to Lease Ad Space on Electric Trains
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list When the electric train planned for downtown starts operation, companies will be given a chance to advertise on the train through a tender process, said U Arkar Min Tun, business manager of Myanmar Railways. “There is no instruction for the tender yet. Currently we are running some normal […]
Myanmar Trade Show, Exhibition & Conference Calendar for the month of November and December, 2015
You can find the location map of popular convention and exhibition venue at http://consult-myanmar.com/myanmar-exhibtion-hall-convention-center/ If you are an exhibition, conference or event organizer and you wish to have us put your event on our calender please write to notification.exhibition (at) consult-myanmar (dot) com and give us your full description about the event. Please only send […]
Sumitomo Electric Establishes Yangon Branch
Sumitomo Electric’s group company Sumitomo Electric (Thailand) Ltd has established a branch in Yangon to conduct marketing activities such as marketing research for infrastructure projects in Myanmar. Myanmar’s economy has been developing rapidly in recent years, and the country is expected to have an increasing need for infrastructure to be constructed, improved and expanded in […]