Deloitte Southeast Asia has announced that Aye Cho and Cheung Pui Yuen have been appointed as Country Managing Partners for the Myanmar and Singapore practices respectively. They have taken on their new roles starting on 1 January 2019. Aye Cho has succeeded Soe Win who retired from Deloitte Myanmar as its Country Managing Partner earlier […]
Myanmar Ranks Near Bottom of Global Illegal Trade Index
September 7, 2018 by
YANGON—Myanmar urgently needs to combat illicit trade, particularly in the areas of logging, mining, human trafficking and consumer goods, the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) said after the country placed near the bottom of a global index on illicit trade. Myanmar ranked 82nd out of 84 countries—followed only by Iraq and Libya—in the […]
State Counsellor urges entrepreneurs to help grow nation’s wealth
August 30, 2018 by
Myanmar’s business community has an important role to play in ensuring the country’s political voice is heard on the global stage, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said at the meeting between government officials and business persons and at Myanmar Convention Centre in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. She said the reason Myanmar’s political voice […]
Mandalay modernises chamber in bid to draw investments
November 9, 2017 by
THE business chamber in Mandalay, Myanmar’s northern economic hub, is undertaking modernisation through a partnership programme with a regional chamber of commerce in Germany. The German IHK Reutlingen (Industrie und Handelskammer Reutlingen) is currently undertaking a three-year agreement with the Mandalay Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MRCCI) to restructure the latter and modernise its […]
Myanmar moves forward
August 24, 2017 by
The government of Myanmar is about to take dramatic steps to spur economic development and improve government efficiency. Several significant cabinet changes are in the pipeline, detailed economic strategies are being finalised and a shake-up in the bureaucracy is already under way. These planned changes in ministerial personnel are aimed at strengthening the government’s leadership […]
Local airlines squeezed by expensive petrol and taxation
July 17, 2017 by
In Myanmar, there are 10 domestic airlines and 58 planes in total which are serving local and international passengers. Compared with the rest of ASEAN, flights are rather costly, according to local airlines and the Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA). “During rainy season, only three out of 10 airlines can run. The main problem […]
Jade sector ranked 83rd among 89 countries assessed
June 29, 2017 by
An institution that ranks countries rich in natural resources has given failing or poor marks to the governance of Myanmar’s gemstone and oil and gas sectors. The 2017 Resource Governance Index assesses how a country manages their oil, gas and mining resources in order for all people in a resource-rich country to benefit. Myanmar’s gemstone […]
