This paper aims to explore on Dawei deep-sea port project. It argues that Dawei port project can be used further legitimize Myanmar's new regime and its embrace of capitalism and regional integration. The study seeks to elaborate the context of the project and main players, particularly Thailand Project. The Myanmar government has proposed eight joint ventures to operate the roads, railways, water systems, power industrial estates, the port and telecommunications systems, and to relocate residents in the initial stage. Italian-Thai Development (ITD) has won the mandate to develop and run this project, which will become the largest industrial estate in Myanmar. However, ITD appears to need help to finance this mega-project, as it will require up to US$8.5 billion just to set up infrastructure and $50 billion to complete. More Thai companies are now in negotiation with ITD for their perspective investment in Dawei's subsequent development phase. This will intensify the Thai economic influence in Myanmar in the long term and upgrade it from labour-intensive to value-added, according to the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. Transport from Thailand to India will take only three days instead of seven without having to pass through the Strait of Malacca. Meanwhile, Myanmar new regime is now backing changes in economic policy, improvements in social equity and opportunities for the Myanmarese to exercise more choice in everyday life. There are indeed some signs of more economic freedom. In this regard, The Dawei Project is a model of a significant change in that direction.