Yangon Chief Minister Unveils 5-Point Vision for Economic Growth

YANGON — Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein vowed to focus on economic growth in 2018 and laid out a five-point vision for the city’s development at the Yangon Investment Forum on Wednesday. U Phyo Min Thein said boosting the city’s economy would be one of the regional government’s priorities this year, along with […]

Myanmar businesses join hands for FDI

THE MYANMAR Investors Development Association (MIDA), an alliance of large-scale local enterprises, will help the government achieve its economic goals by actively engaging with local and foreign investors, according to its chairman Khin Maung Aye. ”For our country to grow further, we need to create thousands of jobs for our citizens. Job creation entirely depends […]

Yangon gears up to lure more investment into business hub

AS INVESTORS await Myanmar’s new moves to open up the economy, the regional government of Yangon plans to unveil its investment strategies at the first Yangon Investment Forum (YIF2018) next week, according to a regional minister. Planning and Finance Minister Myint Taung said at a press conference on Wednesday that Yangon region Chief Minister Phyo […]

Yangon Investment Forum – 9 May 2018 Novotel Yangon Max

Yangon Investment Forum 2018 is organized by the Yangon Region Investment Committee (YRIC) and the Department of Investment and Company Administration (DICA), with the Myanmar Investors Development Association (MIDA) acting as the Main Sponsor, alongside GIZ, UMFCCI, PwC and Hotel Max as supporting organizations. The theme of the Forum is “Yangon Region: Investment Hub in […]

Burma Signals for Foreign Investment

NAYPYIDAW — Burma’s businesspeople are expecting foreign investments to help launch their projects after buying thousands of acres across the country to develop industrial zones and large-scale operations, according to the Myanmar Investors Development Association (MIDA). Companies presented their ventures at MIDA’s Myanmar Investment Forum 2017 in Naypyidaw on June 6-7, which attracted mostly Chinese […]

More Economic Zones Needed to Boost Manufacturing: MIDA

Businesses and economists suggested that economic growth would depend on a growing manfacutring sector, liberalisation and revising the governing framework of different sectors. Deputy minister for the Ministry of Commerce, U Aung Htoo, said that the ministry would boost export and simplify procedures for trade and exports. The comments were made to follow up the […]