Myanmar News
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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Myanmar-Japanese Consortium to construct an electricity generation plant and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Myanmar’s Thilawa Special Economic Zone A consortium of Myanmar and Japanese companies will construct an electricity generation plant and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone, said U Han Thaw Zay, Executive Director of Myanmar Agribusiness […]
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Thailand’s Lebua Hotels and Resorts eyes Cambodia investment Cambodia is among several countries in Southeast Asia where Lebua Hotels and Resorts is planning to expand its operations. Travel industry news site Skift reported this week that the Thailand-headquartered luxury hotel and restaurant operator is planning for a public listing either in Bangkok or Singapore in […]
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Lailenpi’s Mountain-top airstrip to be vital link for remote Myanmar villagers See also Myanmar builds new Surbung Airport in mountainous northwestern Chin state For the villagers of a remote mountain community in western Myanmar, it takes three days to get to a hospital in the nearest city, Bagan, about 650km away by road. And that […]
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Myanmar’s 7 new power projects aim to satisfy additional power demands The seven projects will have an installed capacity of 1,166 MW. The 66-MW power plant in Magway started its commercial operation on December 13. Ministry of Electricity and Energy is implementing seven new power projects in order to generate an additional 1,000 MW, said […]
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Thailand plans to loan 8.5-billion-baht next year to Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia to build four new transnational roads Myanmar, a 138-kilometre road, link Dawei special economic zone with tambon Namphu Ron in Kanchanaburi Cambodia, a 131-km road, from Thailand to Cambodia (Anlong Veng district and Siem Reap province). Laos, section of the bridge on the […]
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