26 May 2025

The oyster mushroom consumption has risen and as a profitable crop, it has helped growers making money.

At present, the oyster mushroom trade has elevated and the price is good too, said growers. “The trade has increased. My farm has produced oyster mushroom weighs 100-200 visses a day. The consumption has risen than before,” said a person who grows and sells oyster mushroom.

25 May 2025

Edible frog farming has now expanded with the increased number of consumers and the demand has now risen, resulting to better price, according to frog farms.
The edible frog called Thai frog has been popular in the domestic market. “The trade has increased now, even it is not as big as the fish market, it has received wholesale orders. Big-sized frogs are even transported to other distant destinations,” said a frog farm owner.
Depending on how much they can lure more consumers,frog prices are good now.

Myanmar business people are invited to participate in the Industry Expo 2025 that will be held at BMICH in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 19-22 June 2025, organized by the Industrial Development Board (IDB) and the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development of Sri Lanka, according to the Myanmar Trade Promotion Organization.

The 59th ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting and the 4th ASEAN-United States Senior Transport Officials Meeting, hosted by Myanmar and led by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, were held consecutively from 21 to 23 May at the Wyndham Grand Yangon Hotel.

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, together with the Shan State chief minister, the commander of Triangle Region Command and officials, paid homage to Presiding Patron of Kengyin Monastery of Kengtung in Shan State (East) long-life Sayadaw Aggamaha Saddhammajotikadhaja Bhaddanta Khemacara yesterday afternoon.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has issued an order to Harvard University that prevents the school from enrolling foreign students. The order says current international students must transfer to a different university or lose their legal status in the US.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave the order. She accused administrators of fostering violence and anti-Semitism, and of working with the Chinese Communist Party. She also warned other schools that they could face similar bans.

Malaysia's labor productivity per hour worked grew 1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, registering 42.5 ringgit (9.98 U.S. dollars) per hour, official data showed Thursday.

Malaysia's economy expanded 4.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025 as compared to 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024, while the total hours worked increased 3.3 percent to register 9.8 billion hours, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement.

China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have completed negotiations to further refine their free trade area to include the digital and green economy and other new industries, China's commerce ministry said on Wednesday (May 21).

ASEAN, made up of 10 Southeast Asian countries, is China's largest trading partner, with the value of total trade reaching US $ 234 billion in the first quarter of 2025, according to Chinese customs data.