DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe congratulates Vietnamese President; People need to be equipped with social requirements such as uplift of fitness, high eduaction standard, national character...; Minister inspects factories of MTI; Foreign Minister sends message of congratulations to Vietnam; Delegates, observers arrive; Myanmar Motion Picture Enterprise celebrates its 36th anniversary; Myanmar reconized as rinderpest infection-free nation; UNICED official calls on PBANRDS Minister; USDA members to inform public of the correct news and rebut facrications; Minister vists Jade, Gems and Pearl Special Sales; MWAF hails Myanmar Women's Day, carries out sanitation tasks in New Yangon General Hospital; Yangon Division WAO organizes Fashion Show of Myanmar Women's Costumes; Prime Minister sends message of congratulations to Vietnamese counterpart; Yangon Division has so far opened 2,056 self-reliant village libraries; 20 members of Dabayin Township NLD quit due to loss to trust in functions of party..."PERSPECTIVES":"Strive for estended creation of beneficial literature"...FEATURES:"The 4th MWJA Conference that will raise national prestige and lineage"..."Auspicious Myanmar Women's Day"