Tag: Roads

Japan grants major infrastructure loans

One week after China signed a batch of new trade deals with Myanmar, Japan announced that it will provide Myanmar USD 1.1 billion in loans to fund four major infrastructure projects. The agreement, signed by Japanese ambassador to Myanmar Ichiro Maru

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Thai 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

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ADB to help build all-weather rural roads in Myanmar

On November 12th, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it had approved a financing package of over USD 50 million (loan + grant) to help upgrade 152 kilometers of roads in 4 rural townships of Ayeyawady and Magway Regions. Featuring raised

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New Dawei-Kanchanaburi highway planned

The Myanmar government continues to invest in its southern coast with an ambitious new highway connecting Dawei to Kanchanaburi, Thailand. An official call for tender bids will be released soon, Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee Secret

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