YANGON: Myanmar’s outgoing government granted the country’s fourth telecom license to a joint venture owned by a Vietnamese operator and a local consortium that includes the military, state media reported Saturday.

The deal comes days before Myanmar’s army-backed government is scheduled to cede power to a civilian administration led by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), crowning her party’s long struggle against harsh junta rule.

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