DOMESTIC NEWS: President emphasizes effective planning to reduce unnecessary expenditures...President U Win Myint addresses Finance Commission meeting 3/2019...Sittway farmers granted over K13 bln in loans for growing rice in rain-fed fields...Minister takes stock of development works in Myitta Township...Water scarcity leads to drop in cabbage yield, price rise...President’s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Monday 17th June, 2019)...Gold gets sheen back, domestic prices up on positive global cues...Nearly 8,000 cattle vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease in NyaungU Township...MPT MNL U-18: Week 10 matches to be held today.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Central Bank Governor receives Vietnamese State Bank delegation...State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Thailand in near future...State Counsellor receives Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister...VP U Myint Swe, Vietnamese Deputy PM discuss bilateral cooperation...Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism calls for community-based tourism development in Shan State...10,000 tons of rice stockpiled at Muse to be sent to China: traders...Thailand tops $3 bln among regional trade in seven months...Paper reading on translation from Myanmar into English to be held in August...Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister visits Nay Pyi Taw...Thai tourists drive into Myanmar via Tachilek border...Sylla Sekou scores 200th goal of MPT MNL 2019.....OPINION: "We must establish an inclusive society for the nation to flourish".....ARTICLE: "Economic growth through coordination" - By Maung Than Win Shwe