DOMESTIC NEWS: Aid reaches flood victims - President visits flood hit areas in Magway Region...Health specialists rush to Sagaing after reports of 38 deaths...DSW to bestow K3.2 billion worth support to CSOs...Embankment broken, 1,500 acres of paddy field submerged in Ingapu, Ayeyawady Region...Soldiers perform sanitation duties in Yedashe Township...Mobile ICT to soon start in Yangon...Mandalay City Development Committee receives 36 applications...Man dies in explosion in Kalay...Men charged with seven counts of bike theft...Six men arrested for drug dealing cases...Two men charged with killing fish...Fish-prawn farming lakes from lower Myanmar need preventive measures from Aug to Sep...Vacant plots in Myotha industrial zone on sale in second week of August..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Message from His Excellency U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on the occasion of the 49th Anniversary ASEAN Day...ASEAN Lifetime Achievement Award conferred on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...MNA to begin Mandalay-Bangkok flights...Diamond, gold and petroleum to be permitted as legal export...China?s gold foils make Myanmar?s gold foil makers suffer...Local, foreign investments created over 10,000 job opportunities...China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation to provide scholarships to 600 university students in Myanmar..... "OPINION": "In search of a better governance" - Khin Maung Aye.....ARTICLE: "The Root Cause of Unprecedented River Rise" - Khin Maung Myint.....POEM: "Screw the mind up" - Yin Nwe Ko (Linn).....PEOPLE?S FORUM: Letter to the Editor: "Education Can Resolve or Reduce Many Problems"