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Rowsley Ltd, a real estate and investment firm part-owned by billionaire Peter Lim, has entered into an agreement with Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAGL) to jointly develop a mixed-use development in Yangon, Myanmar.

At Yangon International airport, large blue and white signs in the arrival and departure halls promote Singapore’s stock exchange as the go-to destination for Myanmar businesses seeking capital.

Foreign businesses face limited, unsuitable options

... but analysts say risks are high, and returns may take a while. MA XIANGYU and LIM JIA YING survey the prospects for sectors

Foreign firms’ influx creates demand for housing, offices

By all accounts, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi had a successful visit to Thailand in what was her first trip abroad after 24 years. The 66-year-old parliamentarian enjoyed a superstar-like welcome and made the most of her short trip to highlight the plight of her fellow countrymen overseas, such as exploited migrant workers and war refugees.

High-end property prices in Mandalay, Yangon soaring

Investors including Faber-backed fund eye 30% returns but heavy risks exist

The lifting of decades of broad Western sanctions on Myanmar will prove to be both a boon and a test for China, for years the former Burma’s top investor and trading partner, bringing both risk and opportunity for long-established Chinese firms.

Investor Jim Rogers, the chairman of Rogers Holdings who predicted a global commodities rally in 1999, said Myanmar is embracing reform as China did decades earlier and he’s optimistic about the resource-rich nation’s prospects.