Myanmar inks massive infra dev’t project with Thailand – Asia Times Online

Two years after the project was first conceptualized during a meeting of Myanmar and Thailand’s diplomatic leaders at the sidelines of ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in 2008, the multi-billion Dawei Development Project is finally expected to get underway. The project will further ink the two countries’ close borders through the construction of a deep-sea port and highway. The Myanmar government likewise announced that they will set up Burma’s first special economic zone (SEZ) around the Dawei area making the entire plan the government’s single biggest investment project. Read full story here.

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