Mandalay targets to grow over 580,000 acres of monsoon paddy this year

09 SEP 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar Mandalay Region has targeted to grow over 580,249 acres of monsoon paddy this year. Currently, a total of 413,287 acres of monsoon paddy have been already cultivated this year, according to the figure released by the Mandalay Region Agriculture D...

Myanmar to build inland ports to improve river transportation

08 Sep 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Ministry of Transport and Communications is planning to develop several inland ports at the Ayeyarwady River and Chindwin River, to improve inland logistics and river transportation, said Toe Aung Lin, a director at the ministry's Directorate of Water R...

COVID-19 restrictions delay investors in hydropower

07 Sep 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Investors from China and Japan who are among those most interested in developing hydropower projects in Chin State are not able to do so due to COVID-19 restrictions, said U Soe Htet, Chin State Development Affairs, Electricity and Industry Minister. "Curre...

Drilling success in Chin State’s Htantalan benefits local people

07 Sep 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - A drilling in Htantalan, Chin State, struck water on Sunday, supplying drinking water to the town which has a population of over 10,000 people.  The water gushed out of the tubewell at the depth of 520 feet with a rate of 5,000 gallons of...

Ministry of Construction complete 100 bridges in Myanmar this year

04 Sep 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - State and regional governments in Myanmar have expended around K477 billion building bridges in fiscal 2019-20, according to the Ministry of Construction. "A total of 43 bridges spanning over 180 ft and 57 bridges under 180 ft amounting to 100 bridges in to...

16 VMS control centres conducting surveillance of offshore fishing vessels

03 Sep 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Starting from 1 September 2020, 16 Vessel Monitoring System Control Centres have been conducting surveillance of offshore fishing vessels in Myanmar waters for the ships to comply with vessels monitoring rules set by the Fisheries Department. ...

Fishing industry faces difficulty as its season starts

02 Sep 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Although the onshore and offshore fishing boats have resumed business at the start of the fishing season, some of the boats have not raised their anchors due to worries about the declining market of this industry."We export all the fish to Ran...

Myanmar’s Inter-Census Survey 2019 Shows Progress in several development Indicators

02 Sept 2020 - Source: Mizzima - Myanmar Government's department of the population has released during the last week Inter census Survey 2019 preliminary results that reflect the progress that the country has made in terms of major demographic, socio-economic and development indicators. Coverin...

Experts seek better management of groundwater in Myanmar

31 Aug 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Experts submitted 32 recommendations on August 20 for the groundwater management bill in the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Committee. U Myo Aung Htwe, project manager of the Yangon School of Political Science...

International Experts support University of Yangon towards Accreditation of new BSc Water Studies program

For 5 days in a row, staffs of the Environment and Water Studies (EWS) department of the University of Yangon and a team of academics from the Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, Japan and the U.S. met online to finalize the curriculum of the new Bachelor of Water Studies. This curriculum design worksho...

Nga Moe Yeik embankment construction almost completes 100pc

28 Aug 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - The construction of Nga Moe Yeik embankment was nearly 100 per cent complete, and it is expected to complete at the end of August, according to Yangon Region Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems (Region 1). The proje...

Dala Bridge construction running 24 hours to meet deadline

27 Aug 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Construction of the Dala Bridge is now being carried out around the clock to be complete within the targeted timeframe, said project manager Mr Jong Bo Choi. The bridge, also known as the Myanmar – Korea Friendship Bridge, is expected to cost US$168 million...

Yangon Chief Minister inspects Myanmar-Korea Friendship Dala Bridge construction

25 AUG 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein inspected the construction of Myanmar-Korea Friendship Bridge (Dala) project in Yangon downtown side on 24 August.Dala bridge project is implemented with the loan of US$157.83 million from the Re...

Urban Development Plan for Regional Cities- Mandalay, Pathein, and Mawlamyine

Due to the promotion of economic deregulation after shifting the policy to emphasize reforms on international relations and economy since 2011, Myanmar has been more powerful as a new investment frontier in Asia as well as worldwide. Myanmar's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is estimated to ...

Flood warnings for cities on Thanlwin, Chindwin and Ayeyarwady rivers

26 Aug 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Flood warnings have been issued for people living on the riverbanks and in the low lands of the Thanlwin, Chindwin and Ayeyarwady rivers. U Kyaw Moe Oo, director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, said water run-off is flowing from the ...

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