Govt urged to establish Belt and Road taskforce

From tackling illegal border trade to constructing Kyaukphyu SEZ, the to-do list for Belt and Road in Myanmar is very long. THE Myanmar government is urged to take a proactive role and form a taskforce to carve out its involvement in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). An adviser to the National League for Democracy-led […]

Myanmar’s dried tea leaves to go to Germany

GERMANY pledged to purchase almost all the good-quality dried tea leaves produced from Shan State before Christmas, according to a spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry. The demand from the western European countries will help grow the presence of Myanmar’s products in the international market, exporters say. Producing quality dried tea leaves is a top […]

90 percent of female workers employed in garment industry

Myanmar’s garment industry employs 90 percent of female workers, according to Dr. Khine Khine Nwe, Secretary of Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) who was speaking at the Myanmar Women Dialogue held on Saturday. Myanmar has 3.6 million workers and 40 percent of them are female workers. “The garment industry used human resources and can create […]