HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Deputy Minister for Agriculture answers land-use, public works questions at Pyithu Hluttaw...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw member takes exception to international body?s reference to ?race which never existed in Rakhine”.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Coastal areas need to be saved...Women?s vocational training courses planned in Maungtaw...INGOs in Rakhine to seek approval from state gov?t...State Counsellor, Union Ministers hold talks on security in Rakhine State...Forum on Myanmar?s Democratic Transition on August 11-13...Calves delight visitors to Winga Baw Elephant Camp...Reforestation activities increase in Bago Yoma...Over 5,000 villages to have access to electricity...Poached timber confiscated in Mon State...54th Myanmar Gems Emporium continued for the eighth day...Wood-based fuel makes up 81% of fuel consumption in Myanmar...Nearly 20 million methamphetamine pills seized in Tachilek...Dried beef seized on Mandalay-Muse highway...Poached lumber seized in Madaya Township.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor receives Chairman of the APRC...UNESCO?s Legal Advisor discusses cultural property...Myanmar seeks to make world-class dairy products...Singapore and Myanmar negotiated trade and investment policies...Tourists visit Popa region even during monsoon...Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin attends 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers? Meeting and Related Ministerial Meetings...Myanmar national football team to test Malaysia and local clubs...Myanmar national U-12 football team steps up semi-final...Myanmar selects shooting players for 29th SEA Games..... "OPINION": "Emergence of Human Resources" - Khin Maung Oo..... ARTICLE: "Present Situation of Foreign Direct Investment entering Myanmar and its future potential" - Khin Zar Li