DOMESTIC NEWS: VP graces Christmas eve...Christmas of Love and Peace for every country men and women...Talks on scouting development given in Bago...Rural women development program in progress in Myawady...Union Minister visits 25-year old handicraft industry...About 650 star tortoises conserved at Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary...Online booking system for vehicle inspection, registration...MPF conducting research to produce ten more new products this FY...Fire in Rakhine State?s Taungup Township causes Ks 2 million loss...Maubin Industrial Zone scheduled to be complete within three years...Remote-controlled mine found near 105th-mile Trade Zone in Muse...800 acres of farmland to be reclaimed in Kachin State in 017-2018 FY...New Naval vessels commissioned into service...Investing in early childhood development for successful future...UEHRD provides aids at villages in N Rakhine...2nd small industrial products expo launches in Mandalay.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Local recruitment agency invites skilled workers abroad to return home...Over 930 tons of betel nut exported to India within a week...Laboratory to test fuel oil quality to start to run next month...Indonesia sends LPG to aid electric sector....."OPINION": "Effective exploitation of our valuable touristic sites".....ARTICLE: "Need to Collectively Cooperate in Eradicating Trafficking in Persons" - By May Thet Hnin