Thai-Myanmar pact to boost cross-border transport

Thailand and Myanmar expect to have cars travelling on three routes between both countries this September, in a move set to bolster the regional economy.

Each country will be granted 100 licences for their transport operators, who can drive hundreds of kilometres into the inner areas of the countries, including to Yangon and a port near the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in Myanmar, and Bangkok and Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri, Land Transport Department chief Phiraphon Thawonsuphacharoen said on Friday.

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