Yangon – Mandalay railway, which is 385.5 mile long, would be upgraded with the help of JICA's ODA ( Official Development Assistance) for the convenience of travellers by train. The project is reported to cost US$ 2.4 billion.

MYANMAR exported over 190,000 tons of rubber, worth around US$250 million, to its trade partners in the past 11 months,  surpassing  the  targeted  volume  of  170,000  tons  for the current fiscal year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce.

The Thousand Islands Business Group launched the 20th Yangon International Lifestyle Furniture Fair on 12 September as part of pre-Thadingyut sales at the Tatmadaw Hall along U Wizaya Road in Yangon.

A plant is currently being constructed in Yesagyo Town of Magway Region to process jaggery powder, and there are plans to export the powder to five markets abroad, said Ko Kaung Sett Naing, the CEO of 555 Shwe Hinthar Co Ltd

NEW businesses including one enterprise in the agriculture sector and two in the livestock and fisheries sector were permitted to bring in investments of US$200 million and K25 billion in early September, said U Thant Sin Lwin, the Director General of the Directorate of Investments and Company Administration

Within one week of touching a high of over K1.3 million pertical (0.578 ounces or, 0.016 kilograms), the price of gold in the domestic market has dropped by K80,000, according to the Yangon Gold Entrepreneurs Association (YGEA).