MORE Chinese airlines are eyeing Myanmar as a lot of foreign companies flock to the Asia’s last frontier market. Myanmar offered visa free entry to Chinese visitors and tourists from some countries in an attempt to boost its tourism industry. Arrival of Chinese tourists to Myanmar is up by more than 30 per cent than previous year thanks to Myanmar’s visa-on-arrival allowance to visitors from six more countries commencing on 1 October last year

WITH traditional weaving businesses facing a decline in Kyouksitpone Myauk Village of Monywa Township, jobs for weavers are drying up, which is forcing them to turn to other sources of livelihood, according to U Khine Zaw Lat, the Village Administrator

THE PRICE of sesame cultivated under Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) is currently K10,000 higher per bag (45 viss) on account of strong demand from Japan and China, allowing growers to earn a healthy profit

Cambodia had exported 132,947 tons of milled rice to China during the first eight months of 2019, a rise of 54 percent over the same period last year, an official report said on Thursday.

Farmers in Monywa district, Sagaing region have bought 209 tractors of different kinds in 2018-2019 fiscal year, according to U Than Myint, head of Monywa District Agricultural Mechanization Department.

The price of gold in the domestic market has touched a high of K1.288 million per tical (0.578 ounces or, 0.016 kilograms), due to a surge in demand and a firm dollar, according to the Yangon Gold Entrepreneurs Association (YGEA).