The Ministry of Transport and Communications has started the Inland Water Transport (IWT), a multi-purpose container barge service to transport goods along the Ayeyarwady River and containers in the Yangon River. The service was started to reduce transportation costs and relieve congestion on the road. Ten trips with 40 containers per trip were transported by […]
Multi-purpose container barge service starts
May 22, 2017 by Thiha
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How Did Myanmar’s Reforms Change Its Relations With China?
March 22, 2017 by Thiha
I first visited Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) in February 2013, two months after then-U.S. President Barack Obama’s landmark visit to that country. One thing that has been inscribed in my fond memories of the visit is that many street vendors in Yangon (formerly Rangoon) were hawking T-shirts with Obama’s headshot and a caption above […]
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