The government will establish a new agency called the Department of Rural Development, under the Ministry of Construction (MOC), to implement road construction projects, a senior construction ministry official said Wednesday. Previously, road construction is being implemented by both the MOC and the Ministry of Agriculture,...
Read MoreThe government’s national policy on housing will take into account the country’s urbanisation and urban migration. Workers cut rebar on the Mahabandoola low-cost housing project. Aung Htay Hlaing/The Myanmar Times Myanmar's commercial capital will need 1.07 million housing units by 2040 and the entire country will require...
Read MoreOfficials on Wednesday held the first piling ceremony for the construction of a housing project for civil servants and retired government employees in the Mandalay Region, a senior official said. The ground breaking ceremony for the housing project for civil servants. Kyaw Ko Ko / The...
Read Moretotal of 30 projects which aim to facilitate the development of Mandalay Region will be implemented from now through the 2020-21 fiscal year in collaboration with international development aid agencies, according to the regional Ministry of Planning and Finance. Some of the newly constructed apartments and...
Read MoreMyanmar's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is set to sign the final agreement for the construction of Hantharwaddy International Airport in early 2018, the agency’s deputy director general told The Myanmar Times. Yangon International Airport is the primary and busiest international airport in the country. By the...
Read MoreDevelopers of Mandalay port will begin the construction work in November 2018, according to the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River (DWIR). The port aims to facilitate trade along waterways, i.e. along the rivers, in Mandalay Region. This project is backed by the Japan International Cooperation...
Read MoreWhen the Condominium Law was enacted in early 2016, many hoped it would provide a framework that could spur development in the sector, not least by permitting foreign ownership. But the law has not helped the dormant condominium market; instead, it has only fuelled uncertainty,...
Read MoreThe Myanmar Construction Entrepreneur Association (MCEA), in cooperation with the government, will start building affordable housing units for low-income earners within this year, a senior association official from the organisation said. “The government and the MCEA will start constructing affordable housings – namely public housings and...
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MPRL E&P Pte Ltd (MPRL E&P), the only independent E&P company led by Myanmar nationals operating both onshore and offshore around Myanmar, and the operator of Block A-6 with government liaison, announced the discovery of gas in well Shwe Yee Htun-1 on Monday. The well reaches...
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