DOMESTIC NEWS: Khuepra area near Dimawhso Township expected to become tourist attraction...523 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 13 January, total figure rises to 132,260...Announcement on contribution of cash donation towards COVID Vaccination Fund...Announcement on fund establishment to purchase COVID-19 vaccines...“People are the key”...Kayin New Year Day celebrated in Yangon east district...For the economic recovery of the country...MoHS conducts first ‘tabletop exercise’ for COVID-19 vaccination programme...Kayin New Year celebrated in Hpa-an...Stop COVID-19 Yellow Campaign poster erected in downtown Yangon...Myanmar orchids mainly sold online in Kyaukpyu...Himalayan Griffon vulture found in Peinzalote in Bago Region...Nearly 50 Inwa-era pagodas in Kyaukpadaung Township need to be restored...Myanma Thanaka to be conserved as cultural value, heritage...Domestic fish industry flounders due to COVID-19 pandemic - By Nyein Nyein...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 13 January, 2021)...New COVID-19 variants...YUFC signs Ayeyawady United defender Zaw Win.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 167 Myanmar returnees brought back home from Malaysia by 43rd relief flight...Many tourists visit Kimmon Chone Beach in Thayetchaung Township, Dawei...Chinese demand drives plum prices up...Coriander seeds selling well amid strong demand of Bangladesh, Pakistan...Sino-Myanmar trade boosted as Manwain border post opened 24 hours.....OPINION: "Curb coronavirus spread before vaccination".....ARTICLE: "Step up surveillance of emerging coronavirus variants, WHO urges"..."Marking a decade since last polio case: WHO SEAR countries gear up for massive vaccination campaign – this time for COVID-19 virus" - By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia