CNI News
20 September 2025

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission, said that the Dawei Port would be upgraded in the best possible way.

He made the remark on September 18, 2025, during a meeting in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, with departmental officials and local community leaders to discuss regional development.

“With regard to Dawei Port, dredging works are being carried out along the Dawei River so that vessels can enter and leave smoothly. The Dawei Port will be upgraded in the best possible way.”, said Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

He added that the Dawei Airport is also being upgraded and expanded to enhance regional economic development and improve transportation links as well as that plans are underway to extend domestic flights to Bokpyin and Kawthaung as well.

The Dawei Deep Seaport Project was initiated with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Thailand’s Italian-Thai Development Company and the Myanmar government on June 12, 2008. The project aimed to be completed within ten years, from 2010 to 2019.

The project included the Dawei Deep Seaport, an industrial zone, and a 105-mile eight-lane superhighway linking to Kanchanaburi Province in Thailand, as well as a railway line, power lines, oil and natural gas pipelines, and a cross-border economic zone.

These infrastructure projects were to be implemented under a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) system with a 60-year concession.

Later, countries such as Singapore, China, India, and Russia expressed interest in investing in the Dawei Deep Seaport Project.