HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Bill to repeal Emergency Provisions Act submitted to Pyithu Hluttaw...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw discusses excise tax Amyotha Hluttaw collection, fight against narcotic drugs.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Step Closer to Peace - NDAA (Mongla) holds talks with Peace Commission, backs ?all-inclusive” peace policy...Action will be taken against smuggling of star tortoise...UEC to cooperate with CSOs to ensure accurate voter lists for future elections...Charges for trespassing on confiscated farmlands dropped in Nay Pyi Taw...22nd Myanmar Traditional Performing Arts Competitions to take place in Nay Pyi Taw in October...U Bein Bridge closed as flood water touches its floor - Aung Thant Khaing...Commercial tax collection kicks off from MPs...New Generation Art works by Students of NUCA, Mandalay exhibited in Mandalay...Three arrested for smuggling of farm animals...Heroin, yaba pills seized in Yangon, Shan...One dies, two missing when fishing boat sinks...Gold foil making businessmen suffer from the high price of gold...Fishery businessmen offer a high price of products from Salon...Transport Authority to provide people-centered service...Notice to be given to Illegal buildings in Bagan...TBC flats, shops, houses to sell...Implementation of national financial switching system for Myanmar...Acne remains most prevalent skin disease for Myanmar women...Urban development plan being formulated for Mawlamyine, Hpa-an, Myawady..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MoHT cracks down on unlicensed outbound tour operators...Laotian President and wife to pay a State visit to Myanmar...Ten million tourists enter CLMV destination in first five months...Mandalarian entrepreneurs and Thai entrepreneurs meet in Mandalay...POSCO Daewoo picked as preferred bidder for Myanmar power plant...World Bank gearing up to assist development of legal border trade...Private jets landed at YIA mostly for business purposes...Muse-Kyaigaung trade camp halted due to torrential rain in China...Implementation of national financial switching system for Myanmar..... "OPINION": "Encouraging citizens to change their behaviour" - Khin Maung Aye..... ARTICLE: "Promotion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training" - An Attendee of the Nay Pyi Taw TVET Forum