Category: Myanmar
Govt’s efforts on environmental management making progress: official
Most of the businesses in nine sectors pinpointed by the government had submitted EMPs by a deadline that expired last month.
HARNESSING SALWEEN RIVER: Settlement through confrontation or cooperation?
An all-embracing deliberation on resource governance, including the potential to harness rivers, needs to come after peace negotiations bring a political settlement to the ongoing ethnic conflicts.
Hydropower and the worsening water crisis for Myanmar and Asia
Many people who could be directly affected in the Kachin, Shan and Kayin states are voting with their feet in public demonstrations. As their banners make clear, they say no to dam building.
Myanmar Secures First Green Loan from Singaporean Banks
The loan is to Burmese developer Shwe Taung Group – the first in the country — to be used for a mixed project that includes offices, a shopping mall and the Pan Pacific Hotel.
Myanmar opium cultivation declines, farmers not happy
Demand for heroin in the region is dropping, as the drug market continues to shift strongly to synthetic drugs.
Slim pickings for Xi in Myanmar visit
The only major investment agreements signed were related to Kyaukphyu, which has been scaled back to $1.3 billion.
Farmers benefit from China-Myanmar agriculture cooperation
Hundreds of Myanmar students and scientists go to to China under programs sponsored by the Chinese government and companies.