DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium opening ceremony...Microfinance provided to township MCWAs of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Roads under maintenance in Kengtung...Ngamoeyeik Creek needs re-dredging...Phaungpyin gets rural bridge...Bronze Buddha images seized in Kengtung...Traditional medicine practitioners provide free treatment in Mandalay...Healthcare trainees visit Thawutti rural health centre...Farming rights certificates issued to farmers in Kutkai Tsp...Pyinsalu carries out drainage works...Anti-DHF campaign launched in Kyangin...Medical equipment donated...Shan State Govt to assume duties of mobile team for food safety, combating illegal trading...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker opens two upgraded schools in Pyawbwe Tsp...Books, stationery, school uniforms donated to Magway nunneries...One BEPS upgraded in Tiddim...Retaining wall under construction in Katha...Health Care Services given at Dagon (East) Industrial Zone...Rehabilitation tasks for fire victims carried out...National plan for township people-centered development workshop held...Shan State Development Affairs Committee members inspect Namhsam Town Hall...Hluttaw experience recounted..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Lt-Gen Wai Lwin receives Former World Bank President and Former US Deputy Secretary of Defence...Workshop on Red Cross knowledge dissemination held...7th Myanmar-Bangladesh Foreign Office Consultations held...Myanmar Futsal coach attends Futsal workshop...Special delegation arrives back from Malaysia...Union Foreign Affairs Minister back home...SSMNC Chairman Sayadaw, Union Religious Affairs Minister leave for China...Union FM attends 3rd Ministerial Meeting of Myanmar-Indonesia Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation...Legislation for standardization of laws coordination meeting held...Vice-President U Nyan Tun to attend 2nd Joint Committee meeting on Comprehensive Development of Dawei Special Economic Zone and its related project areas...We could address issues of protection of Myanmar workers, actions to be taken against attackers and security of those who want to continue to work there: U Zin Yaw..... "PERSPECTIVES":"Make the world a greener place"..... ARTICLES: "Pulonetonetone wooden bridge in Kawthoung" By: Maung Maung Kyaw Soe (Botany)..."Myanmar Chess Game" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt...Public Service Media under Democratic Reform-5" Banya Aung