Myanmar News
From law courts to luxury in Yangon; the Heritage Hotel Kempinski Yangon Downtown’s largest restoration project to open as 5-star hotel YANGON — Downtown Yangon’s largest restoration project to date will open its doors this spring, no longer as a somber law and justice institution, but as a luxurious five-star hotel. The transformation of Myanmar’s […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar invites for implementing new resort project in Mandalay Myanmar’s Mandalay regional government invited investors to develop a new resort in Mandalay, the second largest city in the north, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Sunday. Expression of interest is being sought with real estate developers for the construction, marketing and management of […]
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Myanmar power plans could spare the Salween Newly announced plans to build four major gas-fired power plants could save the pristine river from environmentally destructive hydro-power dams Myanmar and Thailand have announced plans for major gas power projects, as well as greater moves to adopt renewable energy sources. The news will cheer conservationists battling to […]
Continue ReadingElevated express road to be constructed in Myanmar’s Yangon The first elevated express road will be constructed in Myanmar’s Yangon in December, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. Under the management of the Ministry of Construction, the 40.5-km express road, as Yangon Inner Ring Road and Outer Ring Road, will link Yangon […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s new Hanthawaddy International Airport project in central Myanmar in progress Myanmar’s new Hanthawaddy International Airport project, being implemented as a national project in the country’s central Bago region, some 76.8 km north-east of Yangon, is in progress. Upon completion, the airport will represent the fourth and largest of its kind in Myanmar after Yangon, […]
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Road linking Mae Sot with EWEC highway nearly finished The construction of a new road to connect Mae Sot with part of the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam is expected to be completed next month. The Department of Rural Roads is accelerating construction of the 5.8-kilometre asphalt-concrete road that will […]
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Scatec Solar planning large-scale projects in Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar Scatec Solar is at early stage development of 50MW+ projects in the South and Southeast Asian nations of Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar. According to a presentation of Q4 2017 results, the firm is negotiating its first 50MW project in Vietnam, is awaiting approval of a […]
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Hopes for revival of Myanmar’s Dawei SEZ IMPLEMENTATION of the Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) has been suspended for years, but Myanmar and Thailand are still eager to revive the mega project, according to an official in Myanmar. Phyo Win Tun, minister for planning and finance at the Tanintharyi Region Government and vice-chairman-1 of the […]
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Yangon developer looks to cash in on loop line improvements Myanmar city plans to emulate Tokyo’s Marunouchi business district YANGON — The Japanese trains trundling along the line that loops around Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon, are a throwback to an earlier era and a far cry from the modern carriages that whiz through Tokyo. But […]
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Coal backlash creates energy dilemma in Southeast Asia Environmental protests come as Thailand and Myanmar face challenge to meet power needs BANGKOK — Southeast Asian governments are finding themselves caught between pressure to meet regional power demands and backlash from citizens fearing the environmental effects of coal-fired electrical plants. How these growing economies will resolve […]
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