DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Minister inspects river bank erosion prevention, waterway improvement works in Magway Region...Ministry of Education honors literary award winning staff...Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung receives ethnic excursion group...MoH seeks private health sector’s data to draw strategy...Ethnic youth excursion group continues fourth day tour of Nay Pyi Taw...Rakhine State Investment Fair to be held magnificently in Ngapali Beach, Thandwe...Leading Committee to Support Increasing Union Tax Collection holds coord meetin...Innwa Bank Kyaukpadaung branch opens in commemoration of 72nd Union Day...Union Minister U Soe Win receives Tax Minister of Denmark...Tatmdaw True News Information Team holds press conference in Nay Pyi Taw...Opening ceremony for Process & Product Show 2019 kicks off in Yangon...Over 500 companies reregistering daily on MyCO...Authorities destroy 75 acres of opium fields in Shan State...MFF looks to raise football standard with improved coaching.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: See limited impact of EU tariffs on Indica rice export: trader...Union Minister U Kyaw Tin attends ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat...Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye receives Chargé d’ Affaires a.i of Royal Thai Embassy to Myanmar...Governor of Central Bank of Myanmar receives ROK Ambassador to Myanmar...UN Special Envoy arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...Musicians perform at MyanmarJapan Concert 2019 in Yangon...Myanmar International Trade Centre to be opened in Yangon...Myanmar plans smart city in Thilawa SEZ...Manufacturing sector exports up $257.7 mln in Q1...Myanmar, ASEAN paragliders fly over Taungthaman Lake, Amarapura Township in Mandalay...Myanmar’s external trade exceeds $9bln in current FY...ONE Championship announces world title bouts in Japan.....OPINION: "We will establish a Democratic Federal Union".....ARTICLES: "Pyatho [January] the month of terrestrial display and activities'' - By Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja, Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt