Myanmar
Thailand and Myanmar have always been keen to promote bilateral relations and as recent as 5thapril 2015 On 2nd April 2015, the Royal Thai Embassy and over 250 members of Thai community in Myanmar, and Friends of Thailand in Myanmar, celebrated Her Royal Highness Princess MahaChakriSirindhorn’s 5th Cycle Birthday Anniversary at the Embassy, by which 19 Buddhist monks from Kyaing Tong (Khemaram) Monastery were invited to give a prayer of blessings to Her Royal Highness. There is a great deal of interest from Myanmar business people especially to develop tourism, educational services and export of color stones. Thai businessmen are also very keen to explore more business opportunities in Rakhine after discussing with Rakhine Delegation at the Embassy recently. It’s to be noted that preparations for the first section of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) included clearing nearly 400 hectares of land and building roads to a nearby port. The industrial park is scheduled to open in the middle of next year and some of the 22 companies set to move in will begin building their factories by the end of the month.Thailand and Myanmar plan to have a joint trade committee meeting next month in an attempt to boost two-way trade and investment. The move is part of the countries' strategy to drive overall border trade volume to reach 1.5 trillion baht next year. PRG is keen to get involved in all the three segments and promote itself as a business partner in match making.
