Myanmar News
Lighthouse Club Myanmar (Yangon) Branch – Monthly Networking Event – November 2016 Venue: The Brunch Society, Sule Plaza Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Time: 7pm – 9 pm. Sponsor: LIXIL Entry: 10 USD or 12,000 Kyat (4 x beer) 16 USD or 19,000 Kyat (4 x wine) and light snacks will be served SPONSOR: LIXIL […]
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DHIPAYA INSURANCE, Thailand’s second-largest general insurance firm, plans to start operating in Cambodia next year. It will adjust its strategy to fit that market, as selling insurance in Cambodia is more challenging than in Laos, where the company began doing business last year. Managing director Somporn Suebthawilkul said the company was applying for an insurance […]
Continue ReadingA subsidiary of Thailand’s Hemaraj Land and Development Pcl and Vietnamese construction firm Cienco 4 have teamed up to build a $1 billion industrial zone in Vietnam, the first country in Southeast Asia the Thai firm has expanded into. The venture, Hemaraj-Cienco 4 Co, signed a deal on Wednesday with the provincial government of Nghe […]
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No ban on Myanmar hotels Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism denies it has banned construction of new hotels at several major tourist spots following reports in local newspapers. The report on the supposed ban of new hotel builds was rolled out by the country’s usually cautious Global New Light of Myanmar, last week. Ministry […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar likely to join Asean Power Grid MYANMAR is likely to be the fifth Asean country to sign up for the Asean Power Grid formed by Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, energy ministers have said. “We had long discussions with our Myanmar counterparts,” said Laos Vice Minister for Energy and Mines Viraphonh Vilavong. “They are […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar Hotels ministry denies banning new hotel construction The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism denies banning the construction of new hotels in the Yangon, Mandalay and Inle regions, said Hlaing Oo, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary, at a press conference yesterday at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon. “As the hotels and tourism ministry, we allow […]
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ICC Thailand Dinner Talk – 04.10.2016 – on “Investment and dispute resolution in Myanmar: an evolving landscape” To assist for a greater understanding of arbitration and ADR both within Thailand and internationally, the Commission on Arbitration and ADR of ICC Thailand is holding the arbitration dinner talk on “Investment and dispute resolution in Myanmar: an […]
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YCDC Performs Final Check on Rangoon 55 High-Rise Buildings Rangoon’s high-rise review committee has performed the final check on 55 new buildings and is preparing to inspect a remaining 130 structures, U Than Htay, head of Yangon City Development Committee’s (YCDC) building department, told the Irrawaddy. Of the 55 buildings inspected from Sept. 8-9, 43 […]
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Thai and Myanmar Officials committed to Dawei – Committee reshuffle, road rejig planned Thai officials and their Myanmar counterparts remain committed to the long-awaited Dawei megaproject, with the Myanmar-Thailand Joint High-Level Committee (JHC) and the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) to be set up soon to foster development. Porametee Vimolsiri, secretary-general to the National Economic and […]
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The Myanmar government is trying to focus on generating electricity from cost-effective water resources to meet local demand for electricity. The public does not accept the Myitsone dam project as a way to generate hydroelectric power from the Ayeyawady River, nor does it accept coal-fired power projects. When it comes to gas-fired power projects, gas […]
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