The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Myanmar Women’s Coffee Alliance will jointly conduct research on the work responsibility and market sustainability of Myanmar’s agriculture sector, an ILO executive said. Daw Aung Su Yi, national coordinator of the ILO Responsible Supply Chains in Asia programme, said the research will determine whether agriculture businesses are implementing […]
Institutional investors in Myanmar set up association
Leading private equity firms launched the Myanmar Private Equity & Venture Capital Association this month to give institutional investors a collective voice when engaging with the Myanmar authorities. “This launch marks a milestone in the development of the Myanmar economy since the country started opening up in 2012. The investment community has reached critical mass,” […]
Cash-strapped Myanmar govt desperate for education improvement: state counselor state
At an International Youth Day gathering in Naypyitaw on Monday, Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi lamented a shortage of government funds while stressing an absolute desperation to improve the country’s educational system. “I don’t want to say our country is poor, but we are not a developed country,” Daw Aung San Suu […]
Integrating Traditional Medicine Into Primary Health Care Of Myanmar
The Union Government has been seriously encouraging Traditional Medicine (TM), considering it a traditional heritage and a profession which can provide full health care to the people together with modern western medical science to ensure sustainable development and systematic progress, and in the right way. Besides, The Union Government, on its parts, has been working […]
Myanmar state counselor calls for efforts for regaining top rice exporting country status
YANGON, March 7 (Xinhua) — Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has called on farmers and stakeholders in the country to strive for regaining the past status of top rice exporting country by turning to new agricultural methods such as organic farming, Myanmar News Agency reported Wednesday. Aung San Suu Kyi made the call […]
Mandalay taps British expertise for higher education
MANDALAY, Myanmar’s second largest city, is expected to become the country’s northern economic hub over the next two years. Yet, skills and talent in the city still lags behind Yangon and many cities in ASEAN. The brain drain and skills shortage are dragging its economic growth. But Ko Ye Tun Min, founder of the Mandalay […]
Uber Offers Solution to Yangon Traffic
Uber Myanmar recently released a report by Roland Berger that advocates for the use of ridesharing in Yangon, detailing the positive impacts its could have on the city’s chronic traffic. Compiled by interviewing over 4,700 riders and drivers, the report concludes that ride-sharing, or the use of private cars for the public good, essentially, the […]