Restaurant Review – Minn Lan Rakhine Sea Food
The beaches of Rakhine State (previously Arakan), located in Myanmar’s far west, have long been popular with foreign tourists due to their pristine sand,...
Yangon rental prices
Yangon real estate agents report that the condominium rental market is very strong at the beginning of the year. This could be due to...
T he Food Puzzle: How ASEAN integration could help resolve it
While the world focuses on BRIC – Brazil, Russia, India and China – global investors may be missing agribusiness opportunities in ASEAN. Since its...
Chinese IPOs
Recently, there has been a lot of chit-chattering, specifically after the Third Plenum, about the pace, scope and direction of reforms in China. Specifically,...
Weekend Escape to Bangkok
The prestigious Travel+Leisure magazine didn’t recently adjudge Bangkok as being the best city in the world without good reason. While Bangkok is big, fast...
My Myanmar Trip
This is what happens when I have a 6-hour layover. I wrote down all of my insider-information from traveling around Myanmar and figured it...
Hilux ‘line-car’ buses to be replaced on Rangoon streets
The Rangoon divisional government has announced that the Hilux pickup trucks used for public transportation in the former Burmese capital will be taken off...
Rice crises looming
Due to last year flooding rice production in Myanmar could be reduced by up to 40 percent in some states. The rice harvests in...
Blooming in the Face of World Gloom
Its easy looking back, but there are always classic lessons to be learned, 1929 was not a good year for investors and it took...
Easier to obtain a passport
Passport issuing centers were opened in 15 regions and states in addition to the existing offices in Yangon and Mandalay. An eligible citizen can...
