Have a nice Sunday!

Society

-- A source close to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has revealed anti-social crime police (C45) had arrested a deputy director of Vietnam's top fuel importer and distributor Petrolimex subsidiary in the central city of Da Nang for threatening by texting to physically harm Huynh Duc Tho, chairman of the municipal People's Committee.

-- Following a minor collision with a car bearing a Laotian license plate, a seven-seater car veered onto a pavement in Kon Tum City, the heart of the namesake Central Highlands province before knocking over the walls of two houses on Saturday.

-- The Bar Association of south-central Phu Yen Province is considering disciplinary measures against a lawyer for posting on his Facebook page articles and video clips which defame the legal profession, and interviews with anti- State content between him and some people overseas.

Business

-- Vietnamese enterprises have struggled to export their quality goods to Thailand, while Thai items have inundated the Vietnamese market in recent years. 

-- Many investors in condotels at Bavico Nha Trang Hotel, located in the namesake beach city in Khanh Hoa Province, which had been discovered breaking many regulations during its operation despite reactions from local authorities, gathered at the company on Saturday to issue an ‘ultimatum’, demanding the company hand over their purchases.

Lifestyle

-- Bui Vien Backpacker Street in Ho Chi Minh City's downtown area will become a pedestrian-only thoroughfare on weekend evenings, starting tonight (August 20).

-- The Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 pageant will be designed as a 10-episode reality show which will be aired in late September, with its grand finale scheduled for December, the organizers announced at a press conference on Saturday.