Ko Shwe Ventures, the Singapore firm behind oral healthcare product Zingo, announced that it had raised US$350,000 of initial seed financing from international investors to launch the product across Myanmar. Zingo is a range of oral healthcare products specially designed to address the effects of consuming quid or betel nut. In Myanmar, about 40 percent […]
Zingo Myanmar raises fund to expand
January 21, 2019 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Betel chewers, chewing gum, Ko Shwe Venture, Mouthwash sachets, Oral healthcare products, Zingo Myanmar
Authorities losing the battle against betel
November 23, 2015 by Thiha
It’s enough to make you want to spit. Efforts by Yangon city authorities to control the “undisciplined” ejection of crimson betel juice are just not working, officials say. First they tried placing plastic boxes filled with sand at junctions and bus-stops. Their latest scheme is the distribution of more than 100,000 red plastic bags, into […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: 2013 municipal law, betel juice, betel sellers, chewing gum, U Aung Myint Maw, U Aung Pan, U Cho Tun Aung, waterproof bags, Yangon City Development Committee