Xi Jinping visit ends with new trade deals
Xi Jinping’s long-awaited visit, the first from a Chinese head of state in 19 years, ended with dozens of new deals as Myanmar deepens its economic relationship with its most powerful neighbor. Over the two-day conference, Xi met with PresidentChin State’s very first airport slated to open within 6 months
Chin State’s Chief Minister Salai Lian Luai officially announced that the Surbung airport, the first in Myanmar’s poorest state, is slated to open to national flights by June this year. 5 years in the making, the airport is built on an olThai govt to grant loans to develop transnational road network
Regional integration between the CMLVT countries (Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand) through infrastructure development has been high on the agendas of the respective regional governments and a new grant from Thailand will help develop it
Korean power project comes amid desperate supply gaps
A South Korean company will build a new 40 megawatt power plant in Bago, the company said, becoming the latest foreign firm to answer Myanmar’s desperate call for new power projects. The firm, MCM Power Company, will invest USD 35 million in a
Mandalay to upgrade street lights and signs
The streets of Mandalay will soon be alight with thousands of new lights, and marked with new signs, city officials said. U Zaw Win, of the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC), said the city will install around 10,000 new street lights, which
