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New Asian highway section put into service in Myanmar

Xinhua, August 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Myawaddy-Thinggan Nyenaung- Kawkareik section of the Asian highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand was put into service Sunday as scheduled, state radio and TV reported.

Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and Chairman of the Kayin National Union General Saw Mutu Sae Po attended an inaugural ceremony of the service.

With the operation of the 25.6-kilometer-long section, travel time between Thinggan Nyenaung and Kawkareik will be reduced from three hours to 45 minutes.

The construction of the Asian highway section started in 2012 with the assistance of Thailand.

The Asian highway runs from India's Moreh to Thailand's Maesot via Myanmar's Tamu, Mandalay and Myawaddy.

The section, also part of the East-West economic corridor of the Greater Mekong Subregion, will not only enhance trade between Myanmar and Thailand, but also contribute to better links among people in the region, the report said.

A cornerstone laying ceremony was also held at Myawaddy on Sunday for the building of Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Bridge No. 2 to link Thailand's Maesot with Myanmar's Myawaddy, the report added. Endi