Hackers targeted several government websites this week, according to state media, apparently in retaliation for Burma’s treatment of the country’s Muslim minority, as international attention on the plight of the Rohingya in northern Arakan State intensifies. The Burmese-language state-run daily Kyemon reported on Tuesday that six government websites had been hacked in a “defacement attack,” […]
Waste-to-energy plant project in Shwepyitha 25 % finished
September 8, 2016 by
THE country’s first-ever waste-to-energy plant being established Industrial Zone is 25 per cent completed, and is estimated to be finished by March 2017, according to a senior officer from the Yangon City Development Committee. Since October last year, the Yangon Waste to Energy Plant Project has been implemented by the YCDC and the tender-winning Japanese […]
Grand Andaman and UMEHL to harvest birds’ nests in Tanintharyi
February 22, 2016 by
Grand Andaman Islands Company has become Myanmar’s first private company to hold a licence to work alongside military-owned conglomerate Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (UMEHL) harvesting birds’ nests on a number of islands in Tanintharyi Region. The company, which also owns a casino resort in the Andaman Sea, won three out of four lots […]
Govt rejects China’s request for timber-based industrial zone in Myanmar
January 15, 2016 by
The Myanmar government has rejected China’s requests to purchase timber in log form under a tender system and to build a timber-based industrial zone in Myanmar, said Khin Maung Yi, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry. Rumours have circulated recently about Myanmar signing an MoU with China to facilitate the […]
Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry to invite EOI to invest in Private Forest Plantation Program; Closing Date: June 16th, 2015
June 2, 2015 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY FOREST DEPARTMENT NAY PYI TAW Invitation for Express of Interest (EoI) in Submission of OPEN TENDER to invest in Private Forest Plantation Program 1. Express of Interest is invited to the interested individuals, […]
‘Phuket of Myanmar’ seeks MIC approval
May 14, 2015 by
The US$1.2 billion LuxDream Island project is branded “the next Phuket” and will feature a high-end marina, luxury hotels, a theme park and a casino. The plan may seem incongruous with the serenity of Myanmar’s Myeik Archipelago. But the island dream looks set to become reality, as Singaporean Zochwell Group prepares to sign a Build, […]
Myanma Timber Enterprise to invite open tender for Teak Logs; Closing Date: 27 April 2015
April 23, 2015 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list Myanma Timber Enterprise will sell Teak Logs by competitive bidding. Particulars of the Open Tender Sales are as follows: Open Tender No: 01/2015-2016 Date: 27-4-2015 Time: (1:00)P.M Quality SG-2, SG-4, SG-5, SG-6, SG-7 Quantity About (226) Hoppus tons Sales Basis Ex-Depot in USD Payment: By TT, PAA L/C […]
