Myanmar seeks to attract investors

Myanmar’s government is sponsoring a two-day conference designed to attract new investment to its emerging telecom, construction, chemical, mining, and oil and gas industries. The conference extends the efforts at economic liberalization that have followed its elections of 2010. In particular, Myanmar recently passed a law liberalizing its previously strict investment laws. The conference, entitled the Second New Myanmar Investment Summit, will be held on October 17-18 at the PARKROYAL Yangon in Yangon. The conference will include talks by U Aung Naing Oo, Director General Directorate of Investment & Company Administration (DICA), and U Maung Maung Win, Deputy Governor Central Bank of Myanmar, among many other speakers. Here is the agenda.