National plan mooted for 2019-2020, gdp growth to hit 7pc

Parliament has approved the new National Plan law for fiscal 2019-20, which will be effective from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. The National Plan is expected to help Myanmar’s GDP grow by 7 percent to K95.4 billion during the period compared to 6.8pc in fiscal 2018-19. Contributing to economic growth is the financial […]

Yara Myanmar imports new fertiliser for better crop quality

Yara Myanmar, an agriculture solutions provider, will import NPK fertiliser from Norway to help local farmers improve their productivity and raise the quality of their crops. Over the longer term, this will increase demand for Myanmar produce globally and help farmers become more sustainable and less reliant on volatile swings in global food prices. “We […]

Mandalay likely to hit US$600 million FDI target for 2017-18

The Mandalay region is set to achieve its US$600 million foreign direct investment (FDI) target for 2017-18. FDI in April-June has already exceeded US$582 million, which is around 90 per cent of the target, data released by the Mandalay Region Investment Committee showed. Under the new Myanmar Investment Law enacted in Oct 2016, Region and […]

Myanmar’s tourism boom faces manpower challenges

Tourism is booming in Myanmar. Over the past five years, visitors have been pouring into the country, after it shook off its image as a “pariah” state with the establishment of a quasi-civilian government and, for the first time in more than half a century, an administration under new leadership this year. Tourist arrivals surged […]