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Siam Premier International Law Office is holding a seminar this morning |on “Myanmar Investment Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities” at the Plaza Athenee Hotel.
Speakers include Nattawin Phongs-phetrarat, vice president of the Thai Business Association of Myanmar, and Kreingkrai Kanjanapokin, CEO of Index Creative Village Plc.
Surakiart Sathirathai, chairman of Siam Premier International Law Office and chairman of the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council, will deliver a keynote address. 
Siam Premier International Law Office will also introduce “The Myanmar Legal Handbook for Investors” at the event.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (02) 646 1888. –The Nation

$20m stake in Yoga Plus 
Vietnam-based investment and business development company CMG.ASIA has opened three Yoga Plus centres – two in Ho Chi Minh City and one in Hanoi – and will open seven more within 18 months.
“We will invest a total of US$20 |million (Bt702 million) in the network and expect to increase the number to 100 by 2020,” said founder and chairman Randy Dobson.
In-Triniti Yoga would be introduced as one of the exclusive classes only available at Yoga centres in Vietnam, he said.
It is an innovative incline-training platform that builds strength, deepens flexibility and improves balance, coordination and agility. – Viet Nam News

VN, SK firms form JV
CJ Blue Co, a media and entertainment joint venture of South Korea’s CJ E&M and Vietnam’s Blue Group, has been launched in Vietnam.
“Vietnam has great potential in |cultural and entertainment content,” |Kim Sung Su, CEO of CJ E&M, said. 
“With the presence of CJ Blue, |I am confident we can provide leading human resources and creative services |to customers and interesting entertaining programmes, thereby enhancing |cooperation and cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Korea.” 
– Viet Nam News