Over 300,000 local and foreign travellers visited the Bagan Archaeological Museum in NyaungU District, Mandalay Region, in the 2017-2018 fiscal year, said U Nyi Moon, the Deputy Director of the Archaeology and National Museum Department. The Bagan Archaeological Museum is situated south of the Gawdawpalin temple in old Bagan, NyaungU Township. It is open daily […]
What’s Behind Myanmar Military Chief’s Europe Voyage?
May 2, 2017 by
Starting from April 22, Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing embarked on a goodwill visit to the Federal Republic of Germany with a stopover in Austria. His trip, made at the invitation of his German counterpart, signals the continuing importance that Berlin, as well as Europe more generally, plays in Myanmar’s development as well as […]
MIC permits to rent Ministers’ Office for operating as a museum
January 22, 2015 by
Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) has given permission to Anawmar Art Group Co Ltd to rent the Ministers’ Office formerly known as Secretariat’s Office under a BOT agreement for using it as a museum and for other services. MIC permitted 20 foreign and local investment firms, including Anawmar Art Group Co Ltd, to rent space in […]
Myanmar’s Railway site to be revived for tourism
January 13, 2015 by
Homegrown Tala Mon Company has been awarded a contract by the local government to develop a museum, hotel, park and other tourist facilities at the Death Railway site in Thanbyuzayat township in Mon state. Min Banyar San, chairman, Tala Mon Company, told TTG Asia e-Daily that the work is expected to begin within the next […]
Conservation projects in Yangon face long road ahead
November 12, 2013 by
Several high-profile renovation projects for Yangon’s most iconic heritage structures tendered by the state one year ago have yet to begin as the government is slow to rubberstamp master plans, while some development firms have yet to submit them, officials said. In November last year, the Myanmar Investment Commission chose four firms to separately convert […]
