DOMESTIC NEWS: Investment Promotion Committee launched...Union Minister for Education meets with teaching staff of schools in Southern Shan State...Grade 2 skilled worker certificates to be issued to poultry workers...Long staple cotton to be grown on 12,570 acres of land in Meiktila Township...Union Information Minister visits Kengtung IPRD Office...Final Day of Children’s Literary Festival (Tachilek) attracts over 40,000 visitors...MFF launches coaching course in Pyinmana.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Seized drugs worth over $300 mln burnt to mark International Drug Day... Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Chinese Ambassador...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives Chinese Ambassador...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker receives Project Assistant Professor of PARI...International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Art Contest held...Statement by the President on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking...Senior General receives outgoing German Ambassador...Union Peace Commission Chairman meets Chinese Special Envoy...Seven Myanmar workers in China taken to hospital with wild mushroom poisoning...US Independence Day celebrated at Lotte Hotel in Yangon...Drug seized at Yangon International Airport...Union Minister receives GEN, ILO Liaison Officer separately...Myanmar’s export, import status from October to April in 2018-2019 FY...Pulse prices cool on the back of low Indian demand...Value-added mango products penetrating foreign markets...Fish breeders seek to import Rohu fingerlings from India...Myanmar youths showcase talent at Japan Fun Cup.....OPINION: "Let’s build strong children through reading".....ARTICLE: "Fighting Corruption: A New Perspective" - By M.M.So