YANGON—Myanmar and Japan have signed four loan agreements worth about US$1.1 billion (120.915 billion yen, or 1.61 trillion kyats) to fund sewerage, urban development, power distribution and infrastructure improvement projects in seven regions and states in Myanmar. The four Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan agreements were signed on Tuesday between Japanese Ambassador Maruyama Ichiro and […]
Invitation for price quotation, International Development Association (IDA), Deadline: 3rd July, 2019
June 17, 2019 by
(1) The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the National Community Driven Development Project (NCDDP). The IDA N° of the financing agreement is N° H814MM. The Department of Rural Development (DRD) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, in its role […]
Invitation for price quotations, International Development Association, Deadline: 3rd July, 2019
June 17, 2019 by
(1) The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the National Community Driven Development Project (NCDDP). The IDA N° of the financing agreement is N° H814MM. The Department of Rural Development (DRD) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, in its role […]
Hackathon to be held in Yangon, Mandalay on 8-9 December
November 20, 2018 by
</a Ooredoo Myanmar and the United Nations Development Programme will host its first hackathon at the former’s offices in Yangon and Mandalay on 8-9 December, according to a statement from Ooredoo Myanmar. The objective of the event called “The Hackathon 2018” is to provide a platform for Myanmar’s young people to showcase innovative ideas to […]
QTC Energy Unit Buys 15% Stake in GEP
July 11, 2017 by
Bangkok-based QTC Global Power has paid 67.84 million baht ($1.9 million) for a stake in Thai PV developer Green Earth Power (GEP), which is building a 220 MW solar installation in Myanmar. GEP is developing the massive PV plant in the city of Minbu, Magway Region, in cooperation with Myanmar’s Ministry of Electric Power. In […]
Emerald Green Project Promises to Improve Lives of Fishermen
November 17, 2016 by
AS PART OF effort to reduce rural poverty, an Emerald Green Project is being implemented in Thaton District, Mon State by the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development, with plans to spend Ks60 million to improve the economic status of local fishermen. Under the programme, loans will be offered this year to residents living […]
Myanmar gets US$350m from seafood export
December 2, 2013 by
Myanmar has earned more than US$350 million from over 200,000 tons of fisheries products exported in the past eight months of this fiscal year (2013-14), according to Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development. The country expected to earn US$ 440 million this year from the seafood export through the normal trade routes. And it […]
Myanmar receives largest aids from Japan and US
November 25, 2013 by
The largest portion of international aids which Myanmar has received since Thein Sein’s government took office in 2011 came from Japan and the United States, according to a report from Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development. The combined aid funds from the two countries amounted to over US$460 million, said the report. Since the […]
