Economic Zone

Tanintharyi govt proposes economic zone for fisheries

January 25, 2021 by Thiha

The Tanintharyi Region Government has submitted a proposal to the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) for the construction of an economic zone focusing on the fisheries industry including a fish wholesale market, cold-storage facilities, and jetties for trade at the Myanmar and Thai border, according to U Khin Maung Lwin, assistant secretary at the Ministry of […]

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Upscale housing project takes shape near Mandalay

February 26, 2019 by Thiha

A housing project to be built in Yay Tagon Taung in Mandalay Region’s Patheingyi township is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs, said the company behind the project. The project site is on 202 hectares of land on a golf course owned by the Mandalay City Development Committee about six kilometres east of […]

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Offering high hopes of realizing full growth potential from upcoming Rakhine State Investment Fair

January 28, 2019 by Thiha

Rakhine State has naturally an inherent potential for growth. But it has lagged behind other Regions and States in terms of commerce and social development after Independence in 1948 which has been invested with several kinds of insurgency. Economic development plays an important role in overall developments in Rakhine State; it is an agriculture-based State. […]

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China port pact in focus as President visits Myanmar

December 11, 2018 by Thiha

President Ram Nath Kovind’s first visit to Myanmar starting on Monday will be an occasion to build upon the strong bilateral relationship with India’s biggest link with the Asean region. However, with Myanmar signing the Kyaukpyu port project with China in November, officials in India are concerned that this port could become a greater security […]

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Calls out for investments in China-Myanmar border economic zone

October 10, 2018 by Thiha

Union Minister for Commerce Dr Than Myint has called on local entrepreneurs to invest in a border economic zone project in China-Myanmar. “The government has a plan to implement other economic zones. During Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s tour to China last year, a contract was signed on the establishment of trading and […]

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MoU signed to build Kanyin Chaung economic zone

October 26, 2017 by Thiha

The Maungdaw government and NAAF Galaxy, which comprises six companies including three local companies, will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on October 30, said Aung Myint Thein, chairman of the Maungdaw border traders association and secretary of the Kanyin Chaung trade zone implementing committee. “We are developing Kanyin Chaung economic zone project. We developed […]

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Tenders to be invited for sub-Ks100 million projects in Rakhine

July 22, 2017 by Thiha

Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list Rakhine State government has announced yesterday that it will invite tenders for projects with investments of not more than Ks100 million. The announcement came at the coordination meeting on inviting tenders for the projects for the 2016-2017 financial year. “We envision development and security in Rakhine State with […]

Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: development, Economic Zone, finance, health and education sectors, investments, local traders and businessmen, Planning and Economic Minister, rakhine, Rakhine state government, Security, socio-economic development, Tax, tenders

BASF plant to produce construction chemicals in Myanmar

January 12, 2017 by Thiha

Germany’s BASF is building a plant in Myanmar to produce chemicals for the booming domestic construction industry, and to fill a need for more advanced materials. “As Myanmar’s construction industry grows more sophisticated in its scope, which includes high-rise buildings, roadways and bridges, the requirement for high-quality technical and construction solutions will increase,” said Christian […]

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The fight for resources in Myanmar’s deep south

May 30, 2016 by Thiha

Tanintharyi Region, the southern tip of Myanmar, abounds with natural resources and the problems associated with them. Residents in the isolated region face over-mining by foreign companies, the proposed development of a deep-sea port, an oil refinery and a special economic zone, mechanised farming of rubber and palm oil, an illegal trade in timber, overfishing, […]

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High hopes for business zone on China-Myanmar border

January 27, 2016 by Thiha

An ambitious new economic zone at Myanmar’s largest trading point with China will bring new business opportunities for the two countries, officials and residents said at the project’s soft opening in Shan State’s Muse last week. Around 80 percent of Myanmar’s formal overland trade with China passes through a border point a few miles from […]