Myanmar News
India’s Supreme Court clears hurdle in highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand India had signed an agreement with Myanmar on August 29, 2016 for construction and upgrading of 69 bridges of Second World War vintage as part of the ambitious road project beginning from Manipur till Thailand. The Supreme Court has cleared a major roadblock […]
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Yangon Elevated Expressway project planned for Myanmar Tendering is underway for the elevated expressway project planned for Myanmar. Building the Yangon Elevated Expressway project is expected to cost US$900 million. The tender process will remain open until 1st September 2020. So far 10 companies are expected to enter the bidding for the work. The Yangon […]
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Japanese trio to build Mynamar LNG-to-power project in Thilawa, Myanmar Japanese trading firms Marubeni, Sumitomo, and Mitsui & Co have signed a deal to build an LNG-to-power project in Thilawa, Myanmar. The trio also teamed up with Myanmar’s conglomerate Eden Group to build the project tipped to be worth up to $2 billion. Myanmar’s government […]
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Japanese companies Marubeni, Sumitomo Corp. and Mitsui to build a liquefied natural gas-fired power plant in Myanmar Trading houses Marubeni, Sumitomo Corp. and Mitsui & Co. will build a liquefied natural gas-fired power plant in Myanmar, one of the biggest investments by Japanese companies in the Southeast Asian country, Nikkei Asian Review reported. The three […]
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Chinese Firms Ready to Take Responsibility for Myanmar’s Mandalay Flood A senior member of Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) says that a Chinese construction company will take responsibility after an embankment along the Irrawaddy River near one of its project sites collapsed on Sunday, forcing more than 12,000 residents to leave their homes. The embankment […]
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Myanmar Government Willing to Work with Private Partners on Waste-to-Power Projects The government is willing to collaborate with private partners to implement waste to power projects in Kachin State, Chin State, Kayah State, Bago Region, Magway Region, Mandalay Region, Mon State, Rakhine State, and Ayeyarwaddy Region, said according to U Nyi Nyi Tun, Member of […]
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Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos’ energy plans? Coal is gaining traction on Laos’ energy scene, throwing the nation’s dream of becoming the ‘battery’ of Southeast Asia into question. As the country thirsts for foreign investment, has poor governance placed it at the mercy of rogue firms? The plan to turn Laos into […]
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AC Energy to build Quang Binh Wind Farm in Vietnam AC Energy Inc. is on a roll in expanding its renewable footprint as the Ayala Group’s power generation arm is constructing a wind farm in Vietnam with local partner AMI Renewables Energy Joint Stock Co. In a statement on Thursday, AC Energy said the Quang […]
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No One Knows What Thailand Is Doing Right with COVID-19, but So Far It’s Working Can the country’s low rate of coronavirus infections be attributed to culture? Genetics? Face masks? Or a combination of all three? Is it the social distancing embedded in Thai culture — the habit of greeting others with a wai, a […]
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Thailand offers 45.7-million-USD loan for Myanmar’s electricity development Thai Government has approved a concessional loan worth 1.45 billion baht (45.7 million USD) to help Myanmar improve its electricity system. Rachada Dhnadirek, Thailand’s deputy government spokeswoman, said on July 14 that the loan is part of the country’s initiative to strengthen ties with neighbouring countries. According […]
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