DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Win Myint urges administrative, legislative, judiciary sectors in Sagaing Region to speed up reforms...APTERR provides aid to flood victims in Mon, Kayin states...Beans, pulses farmers urged to grow marketable crops to cope with market change...Women?s club in Maese expected to bring opportunities for residents...Young man in Mogaung charged with possession of raw opium...Dragon fruit growers reap healthy profits this season...Lablab bean price rises in Mandalay market due to high demand...Mineral exports up nearly 50 % in current FY...Coordination meeting held to promote literature and culture...Yaba worth Ks8 billion seized in Maungtaw Township...Myanmar, Bangladesh conduct coordinated patrol along border...60 receive vocational skills in Maungtaw...Maung Khin Min (Danubyu) celebrates his 100th book...SEI, MEI jointly conduct socioeconomics, biodiversity survey...Workshop on producing and distributing history movies...Three cows killed by lightning strike in Kyunhla Township.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Ceremony to mark Mya Ganaing movie in UNESCO listing held...About 338,000 foreigners tours Myanmar through Tachilek border this year...Indian Naval Ship Khanjar visits Yangon...Bilateral trade with Brazil down by $70 million this year...MIC notifications on local and foreign investments...Kofi Annan, former UNSG, chairman of Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, passes away...Drug seized from passenger at Yangon International Airport.....OPINION: "We can save our endangered elephants before it is not too late".....ARTICLE: "Tourism and public diplomacy in Myanmar" - By Htay Win