Myanmar to allow foreign ownership of firms: Minister Reply

Reposted from the Associated Free Press

YANGON — Myanmar will allow foreigners to take full ownership of local firms under a new investment law expected to be approved by parliament soon, a senior official said Wednesday.

“Foreign companies will be allowed to invest to own from 35 to 100 percent” of domestic firms, said Kan Zaw, deputy minister for national planning and economic development. More…