DOMESTIC NEWS: 478 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 20 January, total figure rises to 135,721...Cash contribution for COVID-19 Vaccination Fund can be made through MOPFI website...Announcement on fund establishment to purchase COVID-19 vaccines...We will be putting more focus and efforts into the programmes of the NRPC during this year...Groundbreaking ceremony of Agricultural Marketing Centre held in Nay Pyi Taw...Mandalay commodity depot reopens today...Thanlyin RTAD to resume its initial registration of motorcycles...Ayeyawady dolphins well conserved under 1-year patrolling project...Pakokku factory offers K1,700 per viss of fresh yams from Mindat Tsp...YRIC endorses $12.7 mln worth seven proposals in four months(Oct-Jan)...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Wednesday 20 January, 2021).....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: VP U Henry Van Thio attends coordination meeting on permanent residency of foreigners...Senior General receives Chairman of Japan-Myanmar Association and former Member of House of Councilors of Japan...MoBA Union Minister receives Chairman of Japan-Myanmar Association...Myanmar nationals brought back home from ROK by relief flight...Union Minister U Kyaw Tin receives Brazilian Ambassador...Resistance, response to disasters, development works in 2021 discussed with INGOs...Raw salt in Kyaukpyu processed for foreign markets...Mango plantations to be protected from fruit fly for export quality.....OPINION: "Disaster resilience essential to achieving sustainable development".....ARTICLE: "Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2020" - SOURCE: UN News..."Clarification regarding use of the term “Doctor”" - By Lokethar..."Sagaing United to recruit up to seven new players" - By Lynn Thit (Tgi)