Myanmar News
Dusit International to open its first ASAI Hotel in the heart of Bangkok’s thriving Chinatown district Scheduled for Early 2020 – 224 Rooms Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, has signed a long-term lease agreement with I Am Chinatown Co., Ltd. to develop and operate ASAI Bangkok Chinatown in the […]
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Thai and Indian Firms Selected to Supply Power, Gas to Myanmar New City Near Yangon The main developer of a controversial new city slated for construction on the western bank of the Yangon River has selected two foreign companies to supply and distribute electricity and natural to for the project. New Yangon Development Company (NYDC) […]
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Myanmar takes measures to ensure buildings quake resistant 26 August 2019 Myanmar government is preparing to issue bylaws for the construction of buildings to push for quake-resistant architectures in the country, according to the Construction Ministry Monday. At an event to mark the 20th anniversary of the Myanmar Earthquake Committee in Yangon Sunday, Minister of […]
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Thailand Aims to Be Southeast Asia’s Power-Trading Middleman 26 August 2019 The plan seeks to balance regional power oversupply, shortage Infrastructure development funding in some countries a barrier Thailand is jump starting a decades-old plan to create a Southeast Asia electricity super-grid, and wants to be the power-trading hub at the center of it. The […]
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Amata Corporation to develop a smart city in Yangon 24 August 2019 The long-awaited dream of turning Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial hub, into a smart city may soon be realised with the support of Amata Corporation Pcl, Thailand’s largest industrial estate developer. VikromKromadit, chairman of Amata Corporation Pcl, said at a signing ceremony on Thursday (August […]
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Myanmar continues coal-fired power plant plans 20 August 2019 Coal-fired plants will continue to be in use despite objections by different groups on grounds of health and environmental pollution, Ministry of Electricity and Energy deputy minister U Tun Naing said. He told the Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of Myanmar’s national bicameral legislature, that the […]
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Myanmar’s Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) stands better chance with Japanese participation, officials say 25 Jul 2019 The governments of Myanmar, Japan and Thailand will be meeting over the troubled Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project that has stalled since 2013 for lack of funding. Ministers will form a Joint Cooperation Committee to discuss how […]
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Myanmar to pick deep-sea port location next year 24 July 2019 Exclusive: The location for Myanmar’s first deep-sea port will be decided next year, according to a senior government official. “Construction of a Yangon deep-sea port is one of the projects included as second priority in the National Transport Master Plan. Work is being made […]
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Choice Hotels Asia-Pac to Expand South East Asia Footprint Under New Agreement with Bangkok’s Krest Hospitality 23 July 2019 Choice Hotels Asia-Pac, one of the largest hotel franchise groups in Asia Pacific, will further strengthen its presence in the region following the announcement of a hotel management agreement. The leading hotel franchise group has signed […]
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Thailand’s SPCG Plc in JV joint venture with Mitsubishi to provide rooftop solar panels 23 July 2019 SET-listed SPCG Plc, Thailand’s largest capacity solar photovoltaic power operator, has announced a joint venture with Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co (MUL) to provide rooftop solar panels to large factories and businesses. SPCG will own 35% of […]
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