Category: Myanmar

China Railways set to conduct feasibility study for $9bn 650km medium-speed Myanmar railway between Mandalay and planned deep sea port and industrial zone at Kyauk Pyu A China Railway Group subsidiary has made an application to conduct feasibility studies for a 650km medium-speed railway in Myanmar. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group is hoping to investigate […]

Construction of Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex to begin in 2020 Construction of the Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex (KMIC) in Yangon is expected to commence before the end of the year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Kim Gun-Woo, general manager of Korea Land and Housing Corporation representative office in Myanmar, told The Myanmar Times. “According to our plan, we […]

Myanmar set to build 160km long seaside road to connect Nga Yoke Kaung beach of Ayeyarwady region and Gwa township of Rakhine state Myanmar’s Ministry of Construction is planning to build a 160km long seaside road to connect Nga Yoke Kaung beach of Ayeyarwady region and Gwa township of Rakhine state, a ministry’s official told […]

Myanmar’s proposal to build an international airport in Bago Region still on The Myanmar government this month reiterated its desire to press ahead with the proposal to build an international airport in Bago Region, around 80km from Yangon. Transport Permanent Secretary U Win Khant said that the Hanthawaddy airport project will be implemented with a […]

Myanmar’s Mandalay city moves to cancel Thai company’s wastewater treatment contract Mandalay city is taking steps to cancel a much-delayed wastewater treatment project because it says the Thai company that won the tender is unable to complete the project. U Ye Lwin, mayor of Mandalay city, said the central industrial wastewater treatment project will be […]

Myanmar’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise extends Magwe gas-to-power plant tender deadline Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy has extended the deadline of a gas-to-power plant tender to next week. On April 28, the ministry’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise (EPGE) announced a tender for a 12 megawatt gas-powered plant in Magwe on a build-operate-own basis. The […]

Migrant worker exodus during the Covid-19 pandemic prompts fears of labour shortages in Thailand The director-general of Thailand’s labour department has met with Myanmar’s Ambassador Myo Myint Than to discuss how Thailand can manage the country’s migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The government wants Burmese migrant workers to stay in Thailand rather than return […]