DOMESTIC NEWS: Government speeds up national development strategy reforms for flourishing of social environment where people can do well apart from rise in GDP figures - Government builds Myanmar society where equality and harmony flourish by reinforcing social protection amidst rapid reforms...Myanma cotton and silkware costume show, hairstyle show, entertainment held in Myeik...Magway Region monsoon tree planting ceremony (second week) held...Message sent by Chairman of Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking...Supervisory committee of Preprimary Teachership Course No. 22 held...Union Minister looks into private banks in Nay Pyi Taw...Drilling of CDT-12 oil well begins with assistance to locals...Abbot Training Courses conclude in Pathein...Cash and kind donated to local people in Rakhine State...Dy Construction Minister inspects housing projects...DHAMMAYON OPENED; DANGER OF DRUG TALKED (sic); TREES GROWN; VOLUNTEERS HONOURED; [photos]...Summer paddy threshed, winnowed in Yamethin...Eradication of narcotic drugs talked (sic) in Kawkareik...Books, publications donated to village library...Rainy season tree growing ceremony held in Shwegyin...School uniforms presented to students in Kengtung Township...Channel to Kyeeni Lake dredged for proper flow...Taunggyi university faculty members, students hear traffic rules...Collection of tax educated in Kalay Township...Palethwe model plot harvested in Paukkhaung Township...Midwifery course opened in Shwegu...Supreme Court of Union hears six civil miscellaneous cases (writs)...Talks on traffic rules given in Nay Pyi Taw Zeyathiri Tsp..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Foreign Affairs Minister receives Israeli Ambassador...Coordinating meeting with UN Agencies and NGOs focuses on fulfillment to needs of locals in Rakhine State...Constitutional Tribunal of Union, Japan Ministry of Justice to cooperate in legal affairs...Myanmar media delegation visits Sweden, Norway and Denmark...Myanmar women swimmers earn bronze medal...Myanmar delegation led by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint arrives in Vientiane, Laos PDR...Myanmar parliamentary delegation visits Vientiane...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw visits the Plain of Jars in Xiangkhoang Province of Lao PDR...Israel to invest in Myanmar?s dry zone development...Union Environmental Conservation and Forestry Minister meets Japanese delegates...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint calls on Laotian President...Closer cooperation brings more fruitful results both to governments and parliaments of Laos and Myanmar..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Constructive cooperation"