DOMESTIC NEWS: VP facilitates business operations through sector-wise assistance...Prime farm producing fruits using modern technology greenhouse system...Myint & associates Offshore Supply Base Ltd receives MIC approval for New Business Venture...Mangroves to be planted near Kyauktan ...Monsoon agricultural loans to be provided in Mandalay...Heroin, stimulants seized in Mohnyin, lashio...Monks, people stage demonstration in Nay Pyi Taw...Over 1,000 pre-1995 model buses left to deregister...Solar energy to power Maubin industrial park...Crop insurance scheme to be experimentally carried out...Let?s cultivate philanthropic spirit for development of country..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General arrives back Yangon after attending 14th ACDFIM held in Manila...Italian funded project supportive of putting Bagan into World Heritage list...First crude enters China through Myanmar-to-China pipeline...Myanmar?s trade with ASEAN reaches $9.6bn...External trade hits $3.1billion, with $645 million in trade deficit..... "OPINION": "Inhumane Acts Are Unacceptable In Our Society!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "ASEAN?s Top 6 Economies to Watch in 2017"-Paulius Kuncinas..... SUNDAY SPECIAL: "Beyond a degree"-Mg Win Myat..."ITPEC Examinations"-Kris Ye Yint..."Basic English Grammar for Basic Students"-L A HILL..."Causes of language extinction in Myanmar and reactivation programmes"-Dr Khine Khine Thinn...Interview with Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Hong Liang