DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (8-6-2013)...Stimulant tablets, heroin seized in Mabein...Houses lost in landslide at Sittoung River...Opium seized in Waingmaw...Short circuit fire engulfs five houses...Office work course commences in Magway...Mandalay-Bhamo passenger vessel launches maiden trip...Bus shopping at department store...Chin State plans to build hotel zone in Mindat...Health care provided to workers at worksite...CSCs issued in Momeik...Suspension bridge opened in Bhamo Tsp...Shweli Dam receives major repair...University of Forestry gets new two-storey building...World Environment Day marked in Mongnai...Salin Township WVO grants stipends for students...Swimmers invited to participate in Olympic Day competition...Pros and cons of PSM draft law discussed...Tarmacking of Mandalay University entrance road...School uniforms donated to students at relief camps in Meiktila...Community-based Natural Disaster Risk Mitigation discussed in Mawlamyinegyun...Hsipaw residents get citizenship scrutiny cards...Station hospital renovated in Peinzalok...Volunteers coordinate efforts on child protection...Illegal beef seized in Thonze..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Ho Chi Minh City Expo-2013 opens in Yangon...MITT to start running 2013-14 academic year...Selected Myanmar tennis players leave for Thailand...Chin State gov?t, UNICEF meet on drawing social development plan...Development of Myanmar- India border regions discussed...Liaison officers course concludes...Pros and cons of PSM draft law discussed...Union Sports Minister calls athletes for achieving success in every sport event...Total Solution for Air-conditioning & Mechanical Ventilation System Seminar..... "PERSPECTIVES":"Counterfeit drugs: a growing global threat"..... ARTICLES: "China-Myanmar corridor to emerge as trade facilitator" By Maung Maung Myint Swe..."Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Le Htun Mingala) in Nayone" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt..."Yadana Theinga Bridge on Ayeyawady River to be completed soon" Byline: Tin Maung (Mandalay Sub-printing House)