The Ministry of Transport and Communications (“MTC”) and Posts and Telecommunications Department (“PTD”) have finally come through the long process of obtaining government approval and issued the first batch of International Gateway (“IGW”) licenses. Around a dozen of companies have received their IGW licenses and new licenses will continue to be awarded. A glimpse at […]

On Friday March 31st 2017 the VDB Loi and Latham & Watkins hosted an event entitled “Government Guarantees for Public Private Projects in Myanmar” in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. In attendance were H.E. Kyaw Win, Union Minister of Planning and Finance, U Aung Nai Oo, Director General DICA, U Win Khant, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Planning […]

The Myanma Railways (“MR”) under the Ministry of Transport and Communications (“MOTC”), announced on February 10 2017 a new Expression of Interest (“EOI”) for an optical fiber cable installation along railway tracks.This is the third phase of the MR project that intends to lay optical fiber cables along various railway lines across Myanmar. The deadline […]