DOMESTIC NEWS: People celebrate Buddha Day nationwide...Poisonous smoke from garbage fire to be controlled in three days...Second meeting for Rakhine State image promotion film...Vaccination aims to end dog-transmitted rabies in Mandalay...2,000 residents participate in 10,000 steps challenge in Mandalay...More public toilets to be constructed on Kyaiktiyo pagoda platform...Import remittance pushes up dollar appreciation in post-Thingyan period...Planning and Finance Ministry?s performance in second year in office...Performance of Magway Region Government in 2nd Year in Office...Holy religious objects hoisted atop Botahtaung Pagoda...Senior General waters Bodhi trees to mark Buddha?s birthday...Advance tickets for Leeds United vs Myanmar sold.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar-Viet Nam trade tops $658 million before end of FY2017-18...Natural gas exports exceed $3.3bn last FY...Border trade reaches $320 million this month...UEHRD needs cooperation from communities, INGOs to make its works a success...Rakhine Chief Minister tours Maungtaw District...Myanmar to play Brunei today in 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy.....OPINION: "Microfinance: Pros and cons".....ARTICLE: "How will we counter the Climate Change?" - By Khin Maung Myint