Myanmar eyeing investment projects involving masks and pharmaceuticals


Helpers for Buddhist monks wearing face shields and masks amid concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 walk to collect alms in Yangon on April 10, 2020. - AFP

YANGON (Xinhua): The Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) is planning to accept investment projects in manufacturing masks, pharmaceuticals and others which can contribute to the fight against the Covid-19 in the country, state-run media reported Saturday (April 11).

At present, of the investment proposals, the industry and labour-based businesses are prioritised by the commission over other sectors, Director-General Thant Sin Lwin of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration was quoted as saying.

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