DOMESTIC NEWS: 2017 Nobel-Myanmar Literary Festival begins...PaO people in Kayin State meet for Political Dialogues...SSA (Wanhai) group disturbs destruction of opium plantation in Mongshu...Government troops clash with the KIA...Conference on high-quality urban infrastructure concrete held...Car under fire by KIA group...President U Htin Kyaw visits U Thant Museum...Writers read papers on literature at Nobel-Myanmar Literary Festival...Women artists present their works in Mandalay...Three bodies discovered in Maungtaw Township...Troops seize illegal timber, weapons in Tarmoenyae...Large numbers of nature lovers gather in Sonye Natural Lake in high season...Illegal timber, vehicles confiscated in Mangton, Nangkham Townships...Fighting happened between Tatmadaw?s troops, KIA armed group...Ornamental fish exhibition held in Mandalay...Mung bean price rebounds after a three week slump..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw speaker visits UK...British foreign secretary leaves Myanmar...Union construction minister wins engineering awards...Indonesian FM returns home...Myanmar delegation led by Union Information Minister leaves for Indonesia...Value of external trade through normal trade down by over US$200mil...Advanced income tax on car imports reached over Ks31billion in eight months...Export value up by over US$450 million..... "OPINION": "Empower our people with quality literature in order to achieve peace" - Aye Min Soe..... ARTICLE: "Civil Service Academy" - U Khin Maung