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  • Myanmar: The State of Internet Censorship.

    Myanmar today is among one of the most censored countries in the world. The country is ranked 17 out of 100 on internet freedom with a score of 9 out of 100 on the Global Freedo...

  • BTI 2022: Myanmar country report

    The BTI is the result of the collaboration of nearly 300 country and regional experts. The Myanmar Country Report 2022 is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Inde...

  • Peace on the Salween

    Karen indigenous people have turned a war zone into a peace park, drawing on their culture and traditional knowledge to protect their ancestral lands in Karen State, Myanmar.

  • Myanmar must improve community forestry plan to fight climate change

    Community forestry, in which local people play a fundamental role in forest, and resources management through strengthening community land rights, developing local livelihood an...

  • Myanmar's Forests Are at Risk After Military Coup and Economic Sanctions

    Myanmar's military regime and a potential ramp up in trade boycotts by foreign governments and business could fuel the risk of deforestation in the Asian nation, which is likely...

  • Myanmar’s troubled forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup

    The nationally privatized Myanmar Forest Products and Timber Merchants Association (MFPTMA) released a statement claiming its timber trade is fully in compliance with legal and ...

  • Myanmar industry profile

    The annual rate of deforestation in Myanmar was 1.2% for the period 1990-2015 (FAO, 2015) with rapid expansion of commercial agriculture, alongside legal and illegal logging, an...

  • Nam Jim Economic Zone to Be Suspended, CSO Says

    News article stating: Plans for a controversial economic zone planned on the outskirts of Myitkyina has been suspended, civil society attendees told KNG after a meeting with sta...

  • Myanmar Junta pushing ahead with China-Backed Kyaukphyu SEZ and port

    The military regime is inviting bids to provide legal services to the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (KPSEZ) and deep-sea port project in western Rakhine State, a key strategic...

  • The inside story of Thailand and Myanmar’s troubled Dawei mega-project

    On January 14, the Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee (DSEZMC) announced it was cancelling contracts with the project’s contractor Italian-Thai Development Plc (IT...

  • Myanmar’s Dawei SEZ at a standstill again as government drops notorious Thai developer

    Myanmar’s Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has hit yet another snag as the Myanmar government has terminated its agreement with a Thai construction company to build the US$8 bi...

  • Myanmar Terminates Thai-Led Consortium’s Involvement in Dawei Mega Project

    The Myanmar government has terminated the involvement of a consortium led by a Thai construction company in the development of the long-delayed Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

  • Muse economic zone to start implementation after agreement with China

    Muse economic zone, one of three Myanmar-China economic cooperation zones, will start an implementation after signing the framework agreement by China, said Deputy Minister Aung...

  • Mandalay Industrial Zone lands submitted to Prime Minister for renewal grant

    In order to renew the grant, Mandalay Industrial Zone voice admistration committee would provide One StopService to Mandalay Industrial Zone (1) to complete one year remained of...

  • About Myanmar’s Industry Zones

    There are 40 official Industrial Zones in Myanmar, and there are 27 (42) zones within the former capital city, Yangon. The government is trying their best to invite foreign comp...

  • Industrial Zones (Yangon)

    This data mainly present the 20 industrial zones of Yangon region with the detail information.

  • Garments sector poised to boom in Pathein

    Chinese investors have big plans for garment production at several industrial parks near the river port city of Pathein in western Ayeyarwady Region. The garment industry se...

  • Sagaing invites more investors in farm machinery and manufacturing

    Sagaing region is seeking more investments in agricultural machinery production and consumer good manufacturing, said the region's chief minister.

  • The Attari River cable-stayed bridge on the road to Mawlamyine Industrial Zone will be built with JICA loan by the end of this year, increasing the number of factories investing in the industrial zone.

    Due to a shortage of factories and limited capacity, the number of industries declined in the recent years. The Attari River cable-stayed bridge on the road to Mawlamyine Indust...

  • China-Myanmar economic cooperation zone to be developed along border area

    A first ever China-Myanmar Border Economic Cooperation Zone will be developed along the Kunlong-Chinshwehaw border area in Shan state, the official Global New Light of Myanmar q...