DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U henry Van Thio inspects disaster preparedness in Ayeyawady Region...North okkalapa hospital to be upgraded to 1500-bed hospital...Winner of public housing chosen with lottery system...High global gold price hikes domestic gold price...100,000 bank staff to be hired in next decade...Peace Music Festival competition to be held...Applications to attend Union Peace Conference as observers..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: China?s Xi offers help for Myanmar peace process...American clinical professor talks on oral cancer...Union Ministers meet with Chinese companies...Senior General Min Aung hlaing leaves for the Philippines...tate Counsellor meets with Chinese president and premier...Fungicide in farming will be reduced...Myanmar Lab Expo 2017 will take place on 5-7 July...Nearly US$540 million in trade deficit in first month of this FY...18 tonnes of Myanmar coffee seeds to ship to America...Myanmar agarwood prepped for export...volume of marine Hilsa fish landings increased by seven times last FY...Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw in Vietnam...Osaka chamber of commerce to help attract SMEs to Japan-backed Thilawa...Illegal immigrant and human trafficker caught in An Township...Thailand?s Nation TV to film Myanmar Puppetry..... "OPINION": "Let Us Green Our Arid Region Urgently!"-Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Your Rights, Your Responsibilities"-Khine Khine Win