DOMESTIC NEWS: Message of Greetings from State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on occasion of Kayin New Year Day...551 new cases of COVID-19 reported on 12 January, total figure rises to 131,737...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office Announcement (1/2021)...Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor donates cash assistance to IDPs in Rakhine State...Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko inspects progress in renovation works at Bagan cultural heritage temples...MoHS launches National Strategic Framework on Health and Drugs...Announcement on fund establishment to purchase COVID-19 vaccines....Union Minister U Ohn Win discusses conservation of coastal resources...Myanmar nationals brought back home from abroad by relief flights...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office of the President Press Release 1/2021...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Tuesday 12 January, 2021)...Permanent Residency Implementation Central Committee holds meeting in Nay Pyi Taw...Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye addresses community COVID volunteer training online...MoEA discusses successful holding of 3rd Ethnics Culture Festival 2021 online...PyinOoLwin growers supply fresh strawberries to Mandalay market during harvest time...Myanmar’s first glass bridge to be built near Goteik viaduct...Upgrading of circular railway section to be completed this month...Impact, Innovation and Inclusion Through Difficult Times.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General receives Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister...Myanmar, China discuss drug control cooperation via videoconferencing...Chinese delegation concludes two-day visit...Myanmar, China sign MoU on feasibility study for MandalayKyaukpyu railway project...Motor Vehicles Importing Supervisory Committee holds meeting (1/2021)...China donates yuan250,000 worth of COVID-19 medical supplies...EU gets vaccine boost as WHO dampens hope of herd immunity...CMP raw materials import plunges to $476 mln over past 3 months...Myanmar rice export suspended due to China’s import permit pending.....OPINION: "National Strategic Framework-NSF a step towards ending drug scourge".....ARTICLE: "Building awareness of proper COVID-19 protective behaviour key to returning to (new) normal" - By Dr Than Sein & Dr Thein Swe..."Importance of effective corporate governance" - By Pyae Phyo Aung (Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry)