MoEP invites tenders for Shweli-3 Hydropower Project investment

The Ministry of Electric Power’s Department of Hydropower Implementation has announced the initiation of tenders for interested investors in the Shweli-3 Hydropower Project situated on the Shweli River near Mongmit in Shan State (North).
Investors are welcome to participate in the tender for the Shweli-3 Hydropower Project, encompassing tasks such as ongoing implementation, power generation, maintenance, and eventual re-transfer, under the private investment IPP/BOT framework.
Tender documents can be acquired at the Department of Hydropower Implementation (Office No 27) in Nay Pyi Taw from 21 August to 11 September during working hours (10 am to 3 pm) on weekdays except for public holidays, at a cost of K500,000.
Each company is allowed to assign only one representative for obtaining the tender form, and the deadline for tender submissions is set till 1 pm on 24 September. 

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

Electric vehicles, motorcycles arrive at Yangon Port

A total of 65 GAC Toyota bZ4X electric vehicles have been imported by Innogen Myanmar Co Ltd, along with a BYD Dolphin electric vehicle imported by Earth Renewable Energy Co Ltd, totalling 66 electric vehicles through the Yangon Port. A total of 633 Kanbo Type electric motorcycles, imported by Aung Kan Bo Motorcycle Industrial Co Ltd, have arrived at the Muse 105th-Mile trade zone. The importation of EVs and electric motorcycles is allowed with an exemption from Customs tariffs. 

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

Bago Region’s tourist destinations draw 146,880 visitors within seven months in 2023

In the seven months from January to July 2023, the tourist destinations in the Bago Region attracted 146,880 local and foreign visitors, including Thai tourists, U Tin Oo, Economic Minister of Bago Region government told the Global New Light of Myanmar yesterday.
The popular tourist sites in the region are Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Shwethalyaung reclining Buddha Image, Hinthagon Pagoda, Kyaikpun Pagoda, and Kanbawzathadi Palace in the eastern Bago Region and Shwesandaw Pagoda, Shwemyethman Pagoda, Shwebonthamuni Pagoda, and Akauk Hill in the western Bago region. Visitors to the aforementioned locations increased this year compared to the same period last year.
“The seven-month period from January to July this year saw 140,110 homegrown tourists and 6,770 overseas tourists totalling 146,880, and it is 27,290 more than last year’s same period of 119,590,” U Tin Oo said.
The region saw 35 package tours that accounted for 532 visitors in the seven months.
During three weeks of August alone the region has seen a total of 28 package tours (582 visitors), he said.
The majority of overseas tourists visiting the Bago Region are from Thailand and many of them visit Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Shwethalyaung reclining Buddha Image and Kanbawzathadi Palace.

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar