HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Second Pyithu Hluttaw?s 9th regular session holds third day meeting...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Second Amyotha Hluttaw?s 9th regular session holds third day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: People urged to be alerted to rising water in rivers...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the PresidentPress Release 8/2018...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker, committee chairmen, secretaries hold coordination meeting...Central committee to preserve and develop Myanmar intangible cultural heritages meets...BOT: A good system to be practised...MPPE suspends import of octane to stabilize fuel oil market...Bago flood affects fish farming lakes, losses unknown yet...President?s Office continues announcement of illegal drug arrests, seizures acting on tip-offs...Discussion on BIMSTEC regional agricultural interconnectivity development...36 dams, reservoirs see overflowing water...Traffic resumes between Bilin and Thaton as water recedes...Torrential rain, flood cause havoc in regions, states...Hluttaw committees discuss National Planning, Union Budget bills for next fiscal year...National Natural Disaster Management Committee gives advice, conducts regional rescue operations...BFM Foundation donates K50 million to each flood-hit region, state... Flood Bulletin.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Visa-free travel for Japan, ROK tourists, visa on arrival for PRC tourists from 1 October...Exports worth over US$4.8 billion in nearly four months of trading...MIC grants permits, endorsements for nine foreign enterprises...Senior General receives Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar...Italian professor gives lecture at UDM in Yangon.....OPINION: "Beware of fake news".....ARTICLE: "Flood management and disaster mitigation measures" - By Khin Yadanar