Category: Myanmar

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 […]

Myanmar’s Yangon Amata Smart & Eco-City project kicked off on 27 December 2020 The groundbreaking ceremony marked yesterday (27.12.2020) Thailand-backed Yangon Amata Smart and Eco City project on 2,000 acres of land near Dagon Myothit (East) and (South) townships. The project is jointly developed by the Department of Urban and Housing Development Department under the […]

Myanmar Lailenpi Airport, the second airport in Chin State, expected to open in 2021 Construction of Lailenpi Airport, the second airport in Chin State, is expected to open early next year and is already about 80 percent complete, said an official of the Chin State government. Once complete, the Lailenpi Airport will have the capacity […]

First construction phase of Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex (KMIC) in Hlegu township, Yangon, to commence December 2020 The first phase of construction of the Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex (KMIC) in Hlegu township, Yangon, will commence on 24 December 2020. “We are trying to carry out the KMIC project development in a timely manner so that international investors […]

Myanmar to start three joint major infrastructure Yangon projects with South Korea, Singapore and Thailand Amid efforts to secure foreign investment to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Myanmar’s economy, the government expects implementation of three major infrastructure projects planned for Yangon Region with the participation of South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to […]