Myanmar News
Myanmar ranked highest among the world’s 20 fastest-growing travel destinations in 2019 By THE NATION Myanmar ranked highest among the world’s 20 fastest-growing travel destinations last year, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Myanmar Tourism Marketing, part of the Myanmar Tourism Federation, said the country enjoyed a year-on-year increase of 40.2 per cent […]
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Wärtsilä’s eight 50SG pure gas engines To Deliver combined 292 MW on two Myanmar power plants 06 February 2020 Wärtsilä announced it will deliver, on a fast-track basis, the equipment for two power plants being installed in Myanmar. During the summer of 2019, the Yangon area of the country was subjected to power cuts of […]
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Construction of 1,400-megawatt (MW) Luang Prabang hydropower dam project slated to begin later in 2020 On a wide bank of the Mekong River, yellow markers and visits by surveyors show preparations underway to build Laos’ third and largest dam on Southeast Asia’s most vital waterway. About an hour downstream, in the laid-back tourist centre of […]
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Thai Cabinet decides “to stop the project” on China-led plan to dredge Mekong river 5 February 2020, 05:23PM Beijing has long wanted to blast 97 kilometres (60 miles) of rocks and dredge the riverbed in northern Thailand to open up a passage for massive cargo ships. The vision is to create a river trade link […]
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Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp invests $1bn to build industrial complex in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city Amata aims to woo foreign manufacturers with modern industrial zone in Yangon NAYPYITAW — Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp. plans to build an industrial complex with an investment of $1 billion in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. The […]
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Myanmar construction ministry inks a deal with Thai firm Amata to build a US$1 billion “smart city” in northeastern Yangon The JV agreement – signed last Friday – would pave way to more than 30,000 new jobs and US$60 million in direct tax, the two sides said. The ministry’s Department of Urban and Housing Development […]
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Is digging the Kra Canal across Thailand isthmus to connect the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand still a pipe dream? 8 January 2020 Whenever the Kra Canal emerges as a news headline, two standard reactions occur. First of all, there is a very strong but familiar exclamation of “again” or ‘aw-eik-leu’ (Thai for ‘again’) […]
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Lighthouse Club – Yangon Branch – 29 January 2020 “Burma Bistro”, 7-9 pm Dear Members, Please note the Lighthouse Club – Yangon branch event will be held at the “Burma Bistro” at No. 644, First Floor, Corner of Merchant Road & Shwe Bon Thar Road, on 29th January at 7 pm. Please note that the […]
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Freightplus Thailand rebrands to become FPT Global Creation of new renewables division and the opening of new Vietnam office in HCMC To all our valued clients, associates and project partners, we are excited to announce that we have rebranded the company effective of January 2020. The directors and management teams made the decision to rebrand […]
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Myanmar’s Mee Laung Gyaing LNG project to commence construction soon Construction of a power generation project in Mee Laung Gyaing, Ayeyarwady Region will take place after a power purchase agreement is signed within the first three months of the year. Zhefu Holding Group of China and local firm Supreme Trading Co will invest US$2.57 billion […]
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