THE foreign direct investment in Myanmar during this fiscal year totaled more than US$ 4.1 billion in the current fiscal year, according to a source from the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC). The MIC greenlighted 252 foreigner-invested projects that are valued at over US$ 2.55 billion and can create 135,000 job opportunities for Myanmar citizens from 1 October 2018 to 5 September 2019
The setting up of trading centres in townships, on the lines of farmers markets, is a step towards establishing a farmers’ market system, which can boost the economic and environmental sustainability of local agriculture.