Category: Myanmar

Hotel Construction Threatens Myanmar’s World Heritage Site at Bagan Despite a prohibition on new construction in Myanmar’s World Heritage site, new hotels and guesthouses continue to be built within the protected property zone of Bagan, according to local residents. The 50-sq.-km property zone is an area “that has been demarcated as containing most of the […]

Shwe Taung Group wins tender for three solar power project in Myanmar Shwe Taung Group has won three out of 30 ground-mounted solar power tenders called by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) in Myanmar. The company said it is the only Myanmar group to win three projects as the lead developer and majority […]

Myanmar Signs Power Purchase Deal with a Thai-based engineering and construction company A state-owned enterprise in Myanmar has signed a power-purchase agreement with a Thai-based engineering and construction company which plans to develop a US$685 million (911 billion kyats) power plant in Yangon. On Wednesday, the agreement was signed by Electric Power Generation Enterprise, which […]

Myanmar Says Italian-Thai Development Breached Contract at Dawei SEZ The Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Management Committee says it lost confidence in the consortium led by a Thai construction company due to breaches of contract at the mega project in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region. Last week, Italian-Thai Development Public Co. Ltd. (ITD) announced that it […]

Italian-Thai Development requests Thailand Government’s help over Myanmar’s Dawei issue SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) submitted a request for government help on Friday to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha after the Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee (DSEZ MC) sent a notice of termination for seven concession agreements at Dawei special economic zone (DSEZ) to five […]

Feasibility Study on the Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Railway in Myanmar to Take 18 Months Myanmar and China have agreed to complete a feasibility study within one and a half years on the Mandalay-Kyaukphyu Railway, a major part of China’s planned strategic railway linking China’s rail network in Yunnan province’s Kunming with Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu port in western Rakhine […]

Thailand urges talks on Myanmar’s Dawei SEZ after construction setback Bang Yai-Kanchanaburi motorway soon to opened to Myanmar’s border By The Nation Thailand is keen to push forward development of Myanmar’s Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) and deep sea port, said deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow on Thursday. He was speaking in his capacity as […]

Myanmar government terminates Thai-Led Consortium’s Involvement in Dawei Mega Project Italian-Thai Development Public Co. Ltd. (ITD) received a notification of termination of its agreement The Myanmar government has terminated the involvement of a consortium led by a Thai construction company in the development of the long-delayed Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a strategic project in […]

Thailand’s Government pledges to press on with Myanmar’s Dawei special economic zone (DSEZ) project The government remains adamant it is continuing its long-delayed Dawei special economic zone (DSEZ) project and vows to find solutions to obstacles at a tripartite meeting between Thailand, Japan and Myanmar. Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, who is chairman of the […]

Thai PTTEP set to invest $2bn in Myanmar gas fields and power plant State-owned explorer to ramp up operations to address neighbor’s energy shortages PTT Exploration and Production, a unit of Thailand’s state-owned energy conglomerate PTT, plans to invest $2 billion in the development of natural gas fields and power plant construction in Myanmar. The […]