EXECUTIVE: OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS:State Counsellor calls for betterment of Union Peace Conference...Vice President stresses need to protect farmers rights...Action being taken against bus drivers violating rules...Vice President stresses need to protect farmers rights...Improvements for Yangon Bus Service passengers in progress...Five suspects detained in Buthidaung Township...Workshop on Public Service Media held in Nay Pyi Taw...Reforestation by private sector and government...Raw opium seized in Tangyan...Intellectual Property Laws need awareness promotion...Illegal goods worth Ks16.93 billion seized in fiscal year 2016-2017...Private companies to be granted all types of insurance..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS:Vice President U Henry Van Thio and wife attend ceremony of the Netherlands National Day...Parliamentary delegation leaves for the Philippines...Myanmar eyes close military ties with Germany...Myanmar, ROK sign technology agreement...ICRC delegation visits Buthidaung in Rakhine State...International Modern Technology and Machinery Expo to be held in Mandalay...USDA forecasts gains in rice, corn production in Myanmar...Large cargo ship docks at Sule Port...660 tonnes of mango exported to China within a week...Mizoram bans import of pigs and piglets from Myanmar and Bangladesh..... "OPINION":"Conservation of Forests and Trees"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLES:"Strengthening Myanmar?s Tourism Industry"-Ye Myat Tun