HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw 14th regular session holds 14th day meeting.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Whatever we do, we must keep in mind the good of our Union...State Counsellor receives Vietnamese Ambassador...Additional statistical bulletin on drug seizures, acting on information...9 displaced persons return to Taung Pyo Letwe Reception Centre in Maungtaw...2020, 72nd Anniversary Independence Day National Objectives...20th Intake of DSMA holds graduation parade...MOHS holds stakeholders meeting to reformulate National Health Policy...Joint Committee on Amending Constitution holds 70/2019 meeting...Mini marathon to be held in Mandalay on 4 January...Major MNL teams to play friendly matches today.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Win Myint welcomes Vietnamese Prime Minister...State Counsellor holds press conference with Vietnamese PM after high-level talks...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Vietnamese PM...President U Win Myint welcomes Vietnamese Prime Minister...President, First Lady host luncheon for Prime Minister of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam...Vietnamese Prime Minister arrives in Yangon...State Counsellor to broadcast her experiences of oral proceedings at ICJ...U Myint Thu presents Credentials to Emperor of Japan...U Ko Ko Shein presents Credentials to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan...Statement of Myanmar Bar Association (MBA) Regarding The Gambia’s Filing of a Lawsuit against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)...Myanmar exports over 600,000 tons of rice worth $177 mln in current fiscal...Sino-Myanmar border trade up $534.9 mln...Maritime trade up $482.86 mln as of 6 Dec...UEC Chairman receives Indian Ambassador...Over 50,000 trees to be planted in dry zone this FY...Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye receives UN-Habitat Director...Yoma Fleet promotes truck, trailer rentals for efficiency of Myanmarlogistic industry...South-East Asia’s GDP growth to remain at 4.5% in 2020, dampened by risks of re-escalation in trade tensions...Facebook partners with Httpool as Authorized Sales Partner in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos...AIA to co-sponsor Myanmar National League, domestic tourneys.....OPINION: "Invest in equitable development".....ARTICLE: "It’s time to translate Europe’s and Asia’s power into a real partnership" - HRVP Josep Borrell..."About 20,000-50,000 houses planned for Yangon squatters in current fiscal" - By Nyein Nyein