Residents of Chaung Tha, a holiday resort and village on the Bay of Bengal, are still relying on diesel generators to get them through electricity blackouts more than four years after Myanmar’s government gave a Chinese company the go-ahead to build a wind farm nearby. Shortly before leaving office in March 2016, the Thein Sein-led […]
New Chabad Center in Yangon, Myanmar
November 27, 2019 by
Rabbi Schneur and Yehudis Raitport have founded a new Chabad Center in the bustling Southeast Asian metropolis of Yangon, Myanmar, it was announced at the Gala Banquet of Shluchim. By Dovid Margolin – Chabad.org Rabbi Schneur and Yehudis Raitport arrived in the bustling Southeast Asian metropolis of Yangon, Myanmar, on a Monday in late 2018. […]
Picon Deed – Nay Pyi Taw Property Market Report September 2019
October 13, 2019 by
Matching realistic growth with grand ambition Summary Internationally managed hotels surviving from supply glut International school opens new campus in preparation for embassy relocation Retail malls flourishing Poorly managed hotels struggle with significant vacancies INTRODUCTION There are signs of new growth in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar’s administrative capital. The city, which is located approximately halfway […]
Naypyidaw: A mirror for Indonesia’s new capital
May 23, 2019 by
one would only need to look at the stories of Brasilia, Islamabad and the likes to see the level of sophistication needed in planning. Numerous presidents, from Sukarno to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo nearing the end of his first term have considered the prospects of a new capital. Yet there has […]
Myanmar-China joint venture donates school building in Myanmar’s capital
September 13, 2018 by
NAY PYI TAW, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Myanmar-China joint venture Southeast Asia Crude Oil Pipeline Co., Ltd. (SEAOP) donated a three-storey school building in Myanmar’s capital city Nay Pyi Taw Friday. The three-storey building having 15 classrooms which can accommodate 50 students each was donated to No. (3), Basic Education High School, Pyinmana. Zhang Qiang, […]
Visa on arrival for Indians visiting Myanmar
August 10, 2018 by
Indians wishing to travel to Myanmar will soon be able to do so without applying for a visa beforehand. Starting August 8, the Myanmar government is set to provide visa on arrival facility, suspending the special land entry permission which was formerly required for visitors entering the country via land routes. The Myanmar government decided […]
India starts construction of ₹1,600-cr Mizoram-Myanmar Kaladan road
April 23, 2018 by
After years of delay, India finally kicked off the construction of the 109-km road project that connects Paletwa river terminal to Zorinpui on the Mizoram border in Myanmar, as part of the $484-million Kaladan Multimodal project. But completing it by2019 will be a herculean task. The ₹1,600-crore road project that passes through dense forests and […]
