DOMESTIC NEWS: 2020 New Year Dhamma Ceremony continues second day near Shwedagon...Equality of opportunity for all...Gem, jade emporium kicks off in Myanmar currency for local merchants...Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye receives Korean women peace advocacy group...Myanmar communities abroad donate cash for disaster-affected people at home...Find solution based on discussions and negotiations...Union Education Minister attends workshop on matric exam rules...Diplomatic, special passport holders allowed to enter Nandaw Gate in Muse from 1 Jan...Notice...Bagan water vessel owners profit as number of travellers increases...Commemorative stamps to be issued for 72nd Independence Day...72nd Independence Day National Objectives...72nd Independence Day to be broadcast live...Myanmar Daily Weather Report (Issued at 7:00 pm Thursday 2nd January, 2020)...Myanmar Futsal League half season concludes with VUC in the lead...Myanmar men’s national football team gets new assistant coach.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Chinese film crew shoots Yangon lifestyles in New Year period...FDC to analyze FIPRESCI prizewinning film ‘Goodbye Dragon Inn'...Japanese documentary film-makers conduct shooting in Bagan, Mt. Popa...3 women sentenced to prisons, labour camps in human trafficking cases...3rd Yangon International Gems & Jewellery Fair 2020 to be held at Lotte Hotel on 10-13 Jan - By Nyein Nyein...Coffee association estimates 1,000-ton shipment...Public sector mineral exports up $454 mln in current fiscal...Islands near Kawthoung attract local, foreign holidaymakers...World Lethwei Championship: Battlebones Fight planned in Yangon on 31 Jan.....OPINION: "Cooperation with neighboring nations, key to fighting human trafficking".....ARTICLE: "Continuing Vocational Training for Workers" - By Lokethar