DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Minister pledges assistance from governments and UN for Kachin IDPs...Hline Township performs preventive measures against DHF...Side-by-side crash between truck and motorbike kills one rider...27th branch of YMBA formed in NyaungU...Two men killed as truck ploughs into tree on Yangon-Mandalay Highway...Brake failure blamed for truck rollover accident in Lashio...Hit-and-run car accident suspect identified after he hands himself into police...Green light given to five private insurance companies...New Ngamwegon village primary school handed over...Two die in road accident in Mongphyat...More than 200 cases of Potassium deprivation reported at Yamethin Hospital...School enrollment activities launched in Kanpetlet...School enrollment activities kick off in Theinni...Educative talk on DHF organized in Myitkyina...Preventive measures against DHF carried out in Tatkon...Sanitation tasks carried out in Hsipaw...World No Tobacco Day observed...Initial agreement on computerization of Central Bank of Myanmar reaches with Daiwa...Three police killed in skirmish...Yangon Region organizes school enrolment day...New library building opened in Karlay of Kholan Sub-Tsp...Household registration skills course organized...Traffic rules surprise checks conducted in Mandalay...20 kilograms of ICE seized...Duties assigned for implementation of plans...Comprehensive Education Sector Review to be carried out in three phases..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister pledges assistance from governments and UN for Kachin IDPs...UCSB Chairman receives Dutch, Norwegian delegations...Workshop on Extractive Industries Taxation held...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives Lt-Gen Tarnchaiyan Srisuwan and party from Royal Thai Armed Forces...Myanmar bags two gold, six silver, 10 bronze in 2nd SEA Vovinam Championship...Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee Chairman receives officials of Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering..... "PERSPECTIVES": "To end poverty"..... ARTICLE: "Tonkan-Metmung Road emerges to provide smooth transportation between Myanmar, China" Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe