Sharp decline in Yangon’s COVID-19 cases

The number of COVID-19 patients in the remaining 13 treatment centres in Yangon have dropped below 3000, said the deputy director general of the Yangon Region Public Health Department. Dr Tun Myint said the Yangon Region has seen a sharp decline in the number of positive cases for the disease and only 13 treatment centres, […]

Thilawa, Thakayta and Thanlyin work together to implement first-ever LNG-to-Power project

The breeze blowing through the Yangon River made me warm. A host of sea-going vessels are anchored in the wide river. A scene of a flock of birds slowly flying in the sky seems a flurry and the ships small and big navigating in the river looks like a moving painting. On the bankside of […]

Yangon Suzuki plant ceases manufacturing as space runs out

Japanese car maker Suzuki Motor Corporation will temporarily close its manufacturing facilities in Yangon from December 1. With initial vehicle registrations suspended since September to avoid physical crowds at the Road Transport Administration Department’s (RTAD) offices, car sales have also stalled, and Suzuki Thilawa Motor Co. Ltd and Suzuki Myanmar Motor Co. Ltd will temporarily […]

Increase in foreign investments depends much on power availability and quality: Union Minister

<a href=”https://youtu.be/pCvYiQYDHcE” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://consult-myanmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/doingbusinessinmyanmar-thumbnail2.jpg” width=”600″ height=”250″ /> </a> Union Minister for Electricity and Energy U Win Khaing called for collective efforts as the increase in the flow of foreign investments depends much on the availability and quality of electricity supply, during his inspection of power distribution Electricity facilities in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area yesterday. […]

The costs of hotel quarantine

As part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 governments around the world have insisted on quarantining COVID-19 positive patients and those returning from overseas – usually for 14 or 21 days, depending on the country and jurisdiction. Myanmar is no different. Since the first cases were detected in March infected patients and […]

Employment in Myanmar during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Many Thai and international companies have expanded rapidly into Myanmar in recent years, in what had seemed to be an unstoppable expansion of cross-border trade resulting from the country’s emergence back onto the global stage. For those companies, the COVID-19 situation in Myanmar has been a cause for much concern and uncertainty—doubly so for those […]

Chin State yet to open Falam (Surbung) Airport due to Covid-19

<a href=”https://youtu.be/pCvYiQYDHcE” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://consult-myanmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/doingbusinessinmyanmar-thumbnail2.jpg” width=”600″ height=”250″ /> </a> Falam (Surbung) Airport, the only aviation access to Chin State, will not open this month due to the Covid-19 outbreak. As the airport construction has finished, Myanmar National Airlines will have the test flying of its ART plane this month. This is the first airport Chin State […]

Yangon Now Has Sufficient Beds to Cope With Influx of COVID-19 Patients, Health Officials Say

YANGON—Myanmar’s commercial hub, Yangon, is now able to provide sufficient health care to the region’s thousands of COVID-19 patients—and the many more who test positive each day—as more than 10,000 newly added hospitals beds are ready, according to senior regional health officials. As of Thursday morning, Myanmar had reported a total of 21,433 COVID-19 cases […]

Project K, a Myanmar boy band, starting K-Pop training from Sep 15, 2020, in Korea

Project K, a Myanmar boy band, starting K-Pop training from Sep 15, 2020, in Korea POSCO INTERNATIONAL (CEO: Joo Si-Bo) fully supports Project K, a Myanmar boy band, to receive K-Pop training in Korea for roughly one month from September 15, 2020, as a follow-up on the commitment made by State Counsellor Daw Aung San […]

Flex inaugurates new manufacturing unit in TN

Flex, a global electronic component manufacturer, Saturday said it was expanding its operations in India by setting up a new manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu. The new unit, located in Walajabad in Kancheepuram district, was formally inaugurated by Information Technology secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney, a company press release said Saturday. Commenting on the setting up […]