HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Fourth-day meeting of Second Pyithu Hluttaw’s 11th regular session held...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw holds fourth-day meeting of its 11th session.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: State Counsellor encourages students in Hmawby, Hlinethaya townships...VP U Myint Swe addresses MSMEs Product Exhibition & Competition opening ceremony...Authorities discuss arrangements for Lancang-Mekong cultural heritage site workshop...Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung attends meeting on border region development works...Ethnics Culture Fest & Travel Business promotion festival kicks off...Appointment of Permanent Secretary...Rural people enjoy pot carrying game in Sagaing...New chili pepper, tamarind enter Yangon market...Four-year-old girl drowns in boat accident in Inle Lake...Weapons, drugs seized in Tachilek...Freshly harvested green gram fetches high price in Yangon market...Onion prices fall back in Yangon market...Union Minister Nai Thet Lwin opens archway to Myanmar Ethnics Culture Fest...Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun inspects newspaper press houses in Zeyathiri Township...We’ll do our best against Yangon United: Win Naing Tun.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar-Philippines sign MoU on information sector cooperation...Local, foreign journalists prerform media coverage in Buthidaung Tsp...DaNa Facility, Snacks Mandalay to jointly invest $3.1 mln in spices market...Myanmar International Furniture Expo 2019 to be held at Tatmadaw Hall...Trade deficit shrinks to $1 bln as imports fall...Myanmar-Japan Nov trade declines nearly 4%...Thura U Shwe Mann receives UN’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, US Ambassador separately...Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye receives Special Envoy of UNSG...Trade with India in November up over 39%...Myanmar’s imports decline $155 million in current fiscal...120 investment opportunities worth over US$3 bln to be showcased at Invest Myanmar Summit in Nay Pyi Taw...U Maung Shwe (a) Nr. B.L. Goenka receives Overseas Indian Award.....OPINION: ''Physical achievements draw people closer, strengthen Union Spirit''.....ARTICLE: ''Getting rid of pests urgent and pressing need for Myanmar farmers'' - By July Moe (Myanma Alinn)