Category: Myanmar

New Building Safety Law in Myanmar Is Just More Red Tape, Developers Complain A new law aimed at boosting safety and transparency in the construction sector will only create more layers of red tape, delays and obstruction, businesspeople warn. Hastily enacted on Feb. 4, the law establishes a powerful central committee chaired by a vice-president […]

China Speeds Up Railway That Will Cut Swathe Through Myanmar China is accelerating construction of a strategic railway in western Yunnan that is eventually supposed to connect to Myanmar’s planned Mandalay–Muse line. The 330‑km Dali–Ruili Railway—described by Chinese engineers as the world’s most difficult railway to build—is entering its final and most technically demanding phase. […]

Three-day Tech Expo (06-09.03.2026) underway in Myanmar’s Yangon Featuring more than 100 booths, the Myanmar Construction, Housing, Electric Power, and Engineering Technology Exhibition has been ongoing in Yangon for three days, commencing on 6 March. The event has been in progress at the Yangon Convention Centre (YCC), Inya Lake Hotel compound, for the fourth time. […]

Myanmar 8 Build, Electrical Power & Green Energy, Engineering Expos 2026 open The introduction and briefing session for the expos, along with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony, was held yesterday afternoon at Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon. U Zar Ni of Silver Sea International Ltd first provided a detailed explanation of the arrangements […]

Renovation Works damaged by Mandalay earthquake – Roads repair works along Yangon-Mandalay Expressway Union Minister for Construction U Myo Thant, accompanied by Directors-General and departmental officials, on Friday inspected the renovation of roads and bridges on Yangon-Mandalay Expressway (Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay Road Section), which was damaged by Mandalay earthquake. At the 180 ft long Thamin […]

Junta Sets Up Committee to Expedite China-Backed Muse-Mandalay Railway Myanmar’s junta has formed a national‑level Project Steering Committee to push ahead with construction of the Muse-Mandalay railway, a key segment of both China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC). The move comes as the regime, backed by Chinese pressure, regains […]

Myanmar turns to solar as power crisis deepens Myanmar is embracing solar energy on an unprecedented scale as its war‑torn power grid collapses. Hospitals, schools, shops and households are installing panels to cope with chronic blackouts, a trend driven by necessity rather than climate ambition. The country’s electricity supply has deteriorated sharply since the 2021 […]

Ceremony for Bridge Joining of the Myanmar-Korea Friendship (Dala) Bridge held A Ceremony for the Bridge Joining of the Myanmar-Korea Friendship (Dala) Bridge was held in Yangon Region on Friday, with the attendance of Acting President and Chairman of State Security and Peace Commission Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. On their arrival at the venue, […]

Dam construction proposed to block arsenic pollution in Northern Thailand’s Kok River Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has proposed the idea of constructing a dam across the Kok River, to block toxic contaminants, such as heavy metals discharged from unregulated Chinese-run mining operations in Shan state of Myanmar, from flowing downstream into Thai territory. The […]