YANGON, 8 November 2019: Yangon will close 2019 with at least 400 new rooms in the city’s highly competitive upper-scale hotel segment, according to the latest Colliers International Myanmar report. That pushes the room total from 5,300 in the four and five-star categories at the close of the second quarter of this year to 5,700 […]
Two Chinese Airlines Start Direct Flights from Yangon
November 6, 2019 by
Yangon Aerodrome Co Ltd, operator of Yangon International Airport (YIA), has announced the launch of Qingdao Airlines’ direct flight between Yangon and Ningbo in Zhejiang, China. Qingdao Airlines will operate an Airbus A320 aircraft with the capacity for 180 passengers for the new service that will operate every Monday and Friday between Yangon and Ningbo, […]
Don’t Sleep on Them: Here are food Tech Startups from Cambodia, Myanmar That you Should know About
November 1, 2019 by
Hailing from the frontier markets of Cambodia and Myanmar, these startups just began to help maximise their countries’ untapped potentials in tech-based food industry When you think of Southeast Asia, would you think of food? Even if you’re not a foodie, these days technology has made food to be more than a necessity; it’s a […]
Quenching Myanmar’s Thirst for Craft Beer
April 23, 2019 by
On a hot summer morning at a riverside plot in Yangon’s North Dagon, a small team of brewers carry sacks of grain imported from Germany on their shoulders to a small mill. There’s a brewer using a wooden paddle to stir the grain in the mashing tank. It’s steamy and smelly and there are pressure […]
Govt counting on Asian travellers to boost tourism
January 8, 2019 by
Myanmar’s tourism sector has borne the brunt of the Rakhine refugee crisis, with growth in tourist arrivals dropping to 1 percent in 2018 compared with 7.1pc in 2017, according to the World Bank. The number of western tourist arrivals fell the most, more than offsetting arrivals from Asia. The numbers reflect reports of booking and […]
Ministry of Commerce Eyeing Mango Exports to the EU
November 19, 2018 by
European market, which receives 40 percent of the world’s mango exports, are interested to importing mangos from Myanmar. Therefore, the Ministry of Commerce and local traders are working to export mangos to the E.U. on a large scale. Sein Ta Lone mangos from Myat Yadanar Mango Plantation in Southern Shan State were exported to Munich, […]
MI signs MoU with foreign insurance companies for housing projects
September 7, 2018 by
Myanmar Insurance (MI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan, Germany and Malaysia to cooperate on insurance services for the construction of one million housing units to be developed by the Ministry of Construction, at Myanmar Insurance on August 28. Dr Sandar Oo, Managing Director of Myanmar Insurance said: “The country needs to develop […]
Myanmar opens visa-on-arrival door
August 3, 2018 by
YANGON, 31 July 2018: Myanmar confirmed late last week it would ease visa procedures for three nationalities 1 October. Tourism officials quoted government sources saying tourists from Japan, South Korea and China would be granted a visa-on-arrival for up to 28 days. Details were sketchy with none of the official websites for the Hotels and […]
Ministry of agriculture, livestock and irrigation, Rural electrification program, Request for Bids, Submission Date: 17 September 2018.
August 1, 2018 by
Date: 31st July, 2018 Credit No. BMZ-No.: 201567882 Contract: Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Solar PV System for Households and Public Facilities RFB Reference No. ICB-KfW01 1. The Department of Rural Development (DRD), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation has received financing from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) toward the cost of the Rural Electrification […]
