DOMESTIC NEWS: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Announcement of National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19 Announcement to public 2nd Waning of Pyatho, 1382 ME (29 January 2021)...VP U Myint Swe inspects development projects in Kachin State...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Interfaith Friendship and Unity Group (Central) Request...First-day meeting of third Amyotha Hluttaw postponed to 2nd Feb...Republic of the Union of Myanmar State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Maha Nayaka Monastery, Kaba Aye Hill, Yangon Letter No. 001/47-12/5/Thar-Ma Ha Na Date: 2nd Waning of Pyatho, 1382 MME 29 January 2021...MPs vaccinated against COVID-19 before Hluttaw session...Union Minister Dr Myint Htwe chairs 1/2021 Myanmar Medical Council Meeting...29 solar power plants of Myanmar to generate 1,030 MW in mid-2021...Announcement of Fund Management Sub-committee on the Purchase of COVID-19 Vaccines...Health workers receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine...Airbus A320-214 XYALJ joins MAI fleet...363 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 29 January, total figure rises to 139,515...Union Day slogans for 2021 (74th Anniversary)...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Friday 29th January, 2021)...Fish cracker production improved with solar dryers...Thanaka merchants expect high market in post-COVID-19...Over 300 golden ruddy shelducks migrate near Ayeyawady River in Magway...U Kyaw Thein Zan 68 years Managing Director, K.T.Z Company Limited Executive Committee Member, Myanmar Chamber of Commerce for Pharmaceutical & Medical Device......EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MoSWRR discusses cooperation with ASEAN on Rakhine State development, resettlement activities...Statement of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission on its inspection of prisons, jails and lock-ups in Myanmar during August to December 2020 Statement No. (3/ 2021)...MoHS receives COVID-19 medical devices from Swiss agency...Chinese government donates $300,000 to JMC...Myanmar nationals return home by relief flights...Foreign demand shows uptick for Myanmar corn this year...Cultivation of foreign marketable green gram expands...Myanmar exports plummet $1.15 bln as of 15 January...2C2P participates as payments partner for Myanmar’s national COVID-19 Vaccination Fund...WFP donates lab equipment for MoHS.....OPINION: "Give expansion of renewable energy thumbs up".....ARTICLE: "Lessons to be learned from our big neighbour friend, China" - By: Khin Maung Lynn, Joint Secretary-1, Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS)..."Pyu-era sword tells how people fixed blade and handle 2,000 years ago" - By Nat Ye Hla..."Pyatho, Khwa Nyo, Gulie, Palee, Polo" - By Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr Khin Maung Nyunt