DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham briefed on development and stability in Rakhine during visit...Road safety to be dramatically improved after fatal bus crash: all private bus line control committee...Media accreditation cards for 8th ASEAN Defence Ministers? Meeting to be issued on 19 May...Children under training of basic culture course in Meiktila Tsp...Preservation of ancient palm-leave inscriptions performed at Pitakat Chamber in Thaton...Locals have opportunity to raise reading habit thanks to library...City development tasks undertaken in Magway...Village library fulfills wish of locals for reading...Leader of NLD, 88 Generation call for amendment of Section 436 of Constitution...Southwest monsoon enters southern Myanmar...Travellers urged to buy insurances following fatal bus crash...Private medical centre to introduce sophisticated technology...Kanma Township sees boost in production from thriving paddy plantations...Honorary Ph.D. degree conferred on Mandalarian...Straw hat production increases family income of rural people...Village library opened to improve literacy of people...Tax law, law amendment clarified in Kyaukpadaung Tsp...Kayin national students learn their languages...Basic first-aid course conducted to strengthen Red Cross Brigade...Myanmar Football Academy recruits new players for football teams.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 34th ASEAN Chiefs of Police Conference concludes...60th anniversary of Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence celebrated...Myanmar?s Priorities for ASEAN Chairmanship...World Bank helps rural development in Chin State...Union Industry Minister discusses cooperation, investment in Vietnam....."PERSPECTIVES": "Young and promising athletes will get more support in future" By Myint Win Thein...