HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: National development needs includes investment in children.....AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 6th Regular Session Holds its 12th Day Meeting..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Anti-money laundering Central Committee holds meeting in Nay Pyi Taw...Yangon Region Hluttaw motion on restricting building construction on old ponds and reservoirs...Renovating of GTI school building will be completed no later than November...Yaba worth Ks10 million seized in Loikaw...Donations of UEHRD for Rakhine State...Children under 15 in Maungtaw Township receive encephalitis vaccinations...Rakhine State Government, UEHRD take steps for socio economic development ...Harvest of monsoon paddy model plot carried out in Thandwe, Rakhine...Harvest of monsoon paddy model plot in Ma La Kyun village in Kyaukpyu...Vaccination campaign paints rosy picture of health care in Rakhine State...Political party apply for registration at UEC...Public Announcement for remonstration...U San Lwin presents credentials to Supreme Pontiff of the Holy See...Mro village to have access to education, healthcare, and jobs...Passengers request to change locations of bus stops in Yangon...Lethwei Nation Fight 3 to be held in Yangon.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: State Counsellor meets top US diplomat...State Counsellor returns from Philippines after attending the 31st ASEAN Summit...Signing of MoU between UCSB and CAG...2017 ceremony for nation-wide vaccination against Japanese encephalitis held...Foreign companies eye Bago Region rather than Yangon to invest...Fisheries export income up by about US$57...Thai-Myanmar border trade showed slight decrease against last FY...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives US Secretary of State...Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)...ASEM?s key objectives...U Myint Thu concurrently appointed as Permanent Secretary...Myanmar, Bangladesh agrees to establish communications system for fighting terrorism....."OPINION": "World Bank needs to show balance and justice" .....ARTICLE: "Natural Environment, Industries and Myanmar?s Creeks and Rivers Waiting for Saviors"