Mae Sot

Govt mulls B4.5bn loan for Myanmar

February 23, 2017 by Thiha

Thailand is considering granting a 4.5-billion-baht loan to Myanmar to fund an infrastructure development project including the planned construction of a 132-km long road to stretch from the Thai-Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi to the Dawei special economic zone in the neighbouring country. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith revealed this on Tuesday, saying the loan request was […]

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Thai Commerce Minister Says Country Will Double Trade With Myanmar in 5 Years

February 15, 2017 by thiha

Thailand and Myanmar aim to double the value of trade between the two countries in the next five years, Thailand’s minister of commerce has said. Speaking during a visit Myanmar, Apiradi Tantraporn said Myanmar was a priority trade partner for Thailand. She was accompanying Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak early this month on […]

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MoUs Inked to Step up Thailand-Myanmar Cross-Border Trade

February 10, 2017 by thiha

Business communities and the governments of Thailand and Myanmar have agreed on bolstering cross-border trade by improving existing channels and developing new routes, and with an emphasis on the exchange of data and a new cross-border SEZ. The Thai delegation, led by Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, met with State Counsellor Daw Aung […]

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Myanmar-Thailand to solve East-West Economic Corridor connectivity bottlenecks

February 9, 2017 by Thiha

Myanmar has accepted Thailand’s 1.8-billion-baht project to improve its Thaton-Ein Du highway, a section of the East-West Economic Corridor, and asked the latter to improve other roads along the corridor. The move is in line with the Thai cabinet’s approval on Tuesday for the Highways Department to conduct the task, and both countries would form […]

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E-Visa Holders Permitted to Enter Burma Overland

September 3, 2016 by thiha

RANGOON — Burma’s Ministry of Immigration and Population will allow tourists from 100 countries holding electronic visas to enter Burma through three cities on the Thai border, starting on Sept. 1. The electronic visa application was introduced in 2014 and allowed tourists holding “e-visas” to enter the country only via airports in Rangoon, Mandalay or […]

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Trade of unlicensed Thai-imports shift up a gear in Myawady

August 26, 2016 by Thiha

Unlicensed cars imported from Thailand into the Myanmar border town of Myawady are reportedly selling well, according to local car traders. “[Trade at] the Kanku Car Sales Depot is doing better [than normal]. The state of the cars is as to be expected: some are replete, while some are lacking parts – it’s a mixed […]

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Car prices within Kayin State rise amid month-long suspension of Japanese imports into Thailand

July 15, 2016 by thiha

Hpa-an, July 11 – reports of a month-long suspension to the normal arrival of Japanese containers into the Thailand – Myanmar border region of Mae Sot has prompted a rise in the car market within Myanmar’s Kayin State, according to car sales agents from Myawady. Changes to the Kayin State car market are reportedly dependent upon […]

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Regional carriers look to Myanmar market expansion

July 5, 2016 by thiha

Asian regional carriers—including Bangkok Airways, Nok Air, Myanmar Airways International (MAI) and AirAsia—are looking to expand operations into Myanmar following the opening up of international visa access at the end of 2016. Myanmar will operate a full visa on arrival scheme from December 2016 across all Association of South East Asian Nations member countries. Since […]

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India, Thailand, Myanmar to be connected with a 1400-km road

June 1, 2016 by thiha

BANGKOK: India , Thailand and Myanmar are working on a 1,400-kilometre long highway that will link India with Southeast Asia by land for the first time in decades, giving a boost to trade and cultural exchanges between the three countries. Indian Ambassador to Thailand Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi said 73 bridges in Myanmar, built more than seven decades ago during World War II, were […]

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India setting up 9 border trade points with Myanmar

February 26, 2016 by thiha

Keen to boost border trade between Northeast India and the neighbouring Southeast Asian countries, the Indian government is setting up nine border haats or markets along the border with Myanmar, a top official said on Wednesday. Addressing the inauguration of the Eighth Delhi Dialogue here, Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs […]

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