Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ)

Myanmar to Host Forum to Lure Foreign Investment in Deep South

August 21, 2019 by Thiha

The Tanintharyi regional government is preparing to hold an investment forum to attract foreign investment to Myanmar’s southernmost region, which is rich in natural resources, particularly pearls and minerals, and home to many tourist destinations on the Andaman Sea coast and islands. The Tanintharyi Investment Forum is set to be held from Oct. 26-27 in […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: airport project, coast, Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Fish market, foreign investment, Greater Mekong Subregion, mining, Myanmar-Sustainable Rubber Products project, natural resources, Tanintharyi, Tourist Destinations

Dawei SEZ’s grave human rights violations, forced evictions and flawed EIAs come under fire

February 21, 2018 by Thiha

From flawed land acquisition, destroyed farmlands to the lack of transparency, this project is failing on many human rights measures and threatening the lands and livelihoods of communities. DAWEI Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has been accused of grave human rights violations including forced evictions, a lack of transparency and environmental disruption as the land lease […]

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Japan invests in Dawei

December 17, 2015 by Thiha

The multibillion-dollar Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) and related projects will go ahead at full scale after Japan yesterday agreed to take a one-third equity stake in the associated special purpose vehicle (SPV) jointly set up by Myanmar and Thailand. The deal was struck at the fifth Myanmar-Thailand Joint High-Level Committee Meeting that was attended […]

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Dawei Special Economic Zone Gets Rolling

August 14, 2015 by Thiha

The government, through the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Management Committee, and a consortium of private developers have signed a concession agreement to develop the initial phase of the long-delayed Dawei SEZ. The consortium of private developers includes Italian-Thai Development (ITD) Public Co Ltd, Rojana Industrial Park Public Co Ltd and LNG Plus International Co […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: chaiman of Dawei SEZ Management Committee, chairman of Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone Management Committee, Dawei Development Association (DDA), Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), European Union, Italian-Thai Development (ITD), LNG Plus International Co Ltd, Memorandum of Intent (MoI), minimum wage, Rojana Industrial Park Public Co Ltd, roland berger, U Han Sein, U Myat Thin Aung