Environmental group warns of risk posed by air pollution in Yangon

Air pollution in most locations in Yangon exceed authorised limits, according to the 2018 air quality findings of the environment group Advancing Life and Regenerating Motherland (ALARM). Yangon City should be a starting point to monitor air quality, improve practices and enact air quality management policies, according to ALARM. Air quality measurements were taken in […]

Request for Expression of Interest, International Environmental and Social Safeguards, Individual Consultant, Closing Date: 19 April 2018.

Client: Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) Country: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Project: Myanmar Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Loan No. 60800-MM Assignment Title: International Environmental and Social Safeguards Consultant Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): C4-CS2 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) […]

Yangon to tighten security during Thingyan Festival celebrations

Police will increase security during the Mahar Thingyan Festival to ensure the smooth celebration of the event, the Mahar Thingyan Festival Security and Regulation Committee said. “We will improve the security; it will be better than in previous years. In addition to crowded places, police will try to patrol around the business pavilions,” said Police […]

EOI for International financial management consultant, Closing Date: 21 March 2018.

Client: Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) Country: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Project: Myanmar Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Loan No. 60800-MM Assignment Title: International Financial Management Consultant Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): C4-CS3 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) in the […]

EOI for International procurement specialist, Individual consultant, Closing Date 17 Nov 2017

Client: Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) Country: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Project: Myanmar Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Loan No. 60800-MM Assignment Title: International Procurement Specialist Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): C4-CS1 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) in the form […]

French aid to improve water supplies

The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) signed on September 22 a €1,25 million grant agreement that aims at financing the improvement of water service management in Tarmwe Township in Yangon. The project seeks to implement a technical and commercial management model for the municipality’s water service in the pilot […]

Area map signboards to be installed in Yangon

Area map signboards containing information about historical buildings and heritage locations will be installed at 15 locations in Yangon’s Central Business District so tourists and local visitors can be easily guided as they explore places in the city. Yangon Mayor Maung Maung Soe witnessed on Monday the installation of the first area-map signboard located in […]

Expression of Interest in Consulting Services for Disaster Risk Management Project. Closing Date 17 August 2017

Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list MYANMAR South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Project ID. P160931 Assignment Title: Component 2 Preparation of Detailed Engineering Designs and Bidding Documents for Drainage Infrastructure Improvements for the 6 Downtown Townships of Yangon (Lanmadaw, Latha, Pabedan, Kyauktada, Botahtaung and Pazundaung) and Construction Management and Supervision of the […]

History Comes Alive in Yangon

PROGRESS is inevitable in Yangon, in a country just opening up and changing after Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory in Myanmar’s first free election in 25 years. Mass tourism may even set in, which prompted me to take a week-long holiday in the nation’s former capital before it is awash with tourists. In a frenzy […]

Two river pump projects to supply clean water to Yangon

To satisfy increasing demand for water in Yangon, the Yangon City Development Committee is planning to implement water-pumping projects in the Kukkowa River and Toe River this fiscal year. The two projects will have the capacity to distribute 100 million gallons of water daily. The Kukkowa project will supply 60 million gallons daily to Hlaingthaya, […]