DOMESTIC NEWS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Mon State lawmakers...New recreational fields earmarked for Yangon...Only 5 per cent of farmers interested in snake insurance...Taung Bwe Bridge sinks four feet...Man arrested for attempted murder in Salingyi...Petrol bowser overturned in Nay Pyi Taw...Fire breaks out in Yankin...Heroin seized in Sagaing...Social Welfare ministry provides Ks100,000 to victims of natural disasters...Old currency can be changed until March 2017...Political, defense, economic and administrative perspectives imperative for the country: Senior General..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: INCREASED CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT - France to provide 200m Euros as development aid to Myanmar...France to finance Myanmar electricity needs...Vice Senior General Soe Win holds talks with French Army Chief at Eurosatory 2016...KOICA donates school ferry buses to Education Ministry...French Minister pays courtesy calls on President U Htin Kyaw and top officials...German Minister holds talks with President U Htin Kyaw, Union Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Mr Jean-Marc Ayrault, Former PM and Longest serving MP and FM currently as of France...German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller...Tourists flock to Mandalay...MYF aims to win prizes at 29th SEA Games...New Condominium Law encourages more foreign direct investment...American entrepreneurs to invest in automobile manufacturing sector...MAI plans to increase flights...Japanese auto parts scarce in local market..... "OPINION": "The touchstone of our intellect" - Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Foreign Investment: How important is it for economic growth?" - Tin Shein.....POEM: "Let?s All Join in the Fight" [about drug addiction] - Aye Phyu .