VN-based firm wins contract for Myanmar’s tallest building Tuoitrenews This photo from the Diamond Inya Palace Building's website shows the project's site plan in Mayangone Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar. Archetype Group, a multidisciplinary construction consultancy headquartered in Vietnam, has won the construction management contract for the Diamond Inya Palace, the tallest office building in Myanmar, the company has announced. The company said it also inked contracts for several other projects in the Diamond Inya Palace, such as an airport, a complex, and a hotel. The latest Myanmar project has added to the portfolio of building projects Archetype Group is carrying out in Asia, said managing director Pierre-Jean Malgouyres. These include the M&C tower, the second-highest building in Ho Chi Minh City, he said. The US$60 million Diamond Inya Palace, with 34 stories, will be the tallest building in Myanmar, and will be located in Yangon’s Mayangone township. The project broke ground in October 2012, and is expected to be finished by the end of 2015, according to Mandalay Golden Wings, the main contractor. The building will have an “L” shaped design, with 406 apartments, a six-story car parking lot, a spa, gym, mini theatre, mini market and a swimming pool, according to the Myanmar Times. There will also be four penthouses on the top floor of each building that will have panoramic views of Yangon, the newspaper said. Archetype Group, currently ranked 69th in the top 100 World Architectural Firms, was founded in Vietnam in 2002 with its current headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City. The company is now operating in Cambodia, India, Thailand, Laos, Mongolia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Qatar and France, with more than 450 multinational employees. Since has broken out of isolation and began heading towards integration with the world, more and more Vietnamese companies have penetrated and repeatedly expanded operations in the market. To date, Vietnam has approximately $500 million worth of investment capital in the nation, compared to $22 million before 2009.