DOMESTIC NEWS: Traditional cultural performing arts competitions designed to promote the role of traditional culture - Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo attends first coord meeting of leading committee for organizing 17th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions...Objectives of the 17th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions...Commander of Triangle Region Command meets staff and families of Tachilek Station...Ministry of Finance and Revenue holds monsoon tree-growing ceremony...Yangon Mayor inspects digging drain, pipe factory...Vietnamese goodwill delegation concludes visit...First Aid course for schools in Yangon launched...Respect paying ceremony to be held at No. 2 BEHS in Kamayut Township...NW Command Commander and F&R Minister meet staff in Monywa...Minister visits training schools of Social Welfare Department...Low pressure in Bay of Bengal becomes tropical storm...Talks on New Influenza A(H1N1) to be held..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Keep your environment always clean to prevent dengue hemorrhagic fever"..... ARTICLES: "New nation being built with loving-kindness at the core" Ngar Min Swe..."Kachin State must become the fourth largest paddy producer in Myanmar" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)