Myanmar to Step Up Vehicle Fuel Rationing as Shortages Grow

Myanmar’s military government is stepping up fuel rationing by implementing a system of barcodes and QR codes to determine how much customers can buy as the Middle East war accelerates fears of shortages.

Under the program, which begins nationwide next week, customers will be allowed to buy fuel once or twice a week depending on the size of their vehicle engines, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement Monday. The government earlier this month imposed driving restrictions for private vehicles as a way to preserve petrol.