Welcome to this week's Words on the Street, where we explore the latest shifts shaping Vietnam's digital landscape, and look at Deepseek's quiet but intriguing entry into an AI market where ChatGPT reigns supreme.

Taking the water from the Red River and the West Lake to clean To Lich River is just one piece of the puzzle. Drastic actions are needed to keep the environment clean and green.

Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, one of Hanoi's most important cultural landmarks, attracts thousands of visitors each Tet.

At least 10 people were killed, four injured and two missing after typhoon Rammasun swept through northern mountainous provinces last weekend, according to initial reports.

The event was organized by the Centre for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (C&E) with the support of the UNDP-funded project on strengthening capacity to integrate sustainable development and climate change into planning process.

Social psychology worker Nguyen Trung Hoa from the Ha Noi Centre for Family Planning and Social Issues suggested men give more support to their wives to accomplish work and domestic chores.

The General Department of Viet Nam Customs has instructed customs departments in Ha Noi and HCM City to strengthen the supervision of goods that are eligible for value added tax refunds at the cities` international airports to avoid losses to the State budget.

Coastal localities have finished emergency measures to cope with Typhoon Rammasun, due to make landfall in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh Provinces.

Three Vietnamese people were among the Flight MH17 victims, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Four environment firms from the Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima introduced their technologies to their Vietnamese counterparts in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on July 17, in an exchange to strengthen their tie-ups.

Danang City signed a cooperation agreement with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) to share Singapore’s experience in managing Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure project

Vietnamese and international experts from around the globe gathered in Danang city on July 17, presenting the state-of-the-art and most recent innovations in e-government.

Forty years since the war ended, Viet Nam is still facing the risk of unexploded bombs and mines.

Construction firm VINACONEX was sorry for the inconvenience caused to more than 70,000 households, especially during hot summer days.

Vice chairman of the Ha Noi People`s Committee Nguyen Quoc Hung has ordered the Ha Noi Sewerage and Drainage Co Ltd to join hands with other agencies to combat the effects of flooding during the ongoing rainy season.

Representatives of the Vietnamese defence attaché office in Cambodia and the authorities of Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang and Kandal provinces and Phnom Penh have discussed a plan to accelerate the search and return remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who fell down during the wartime.

Germany’s Heart to Heart Foundation on July 16 donated respirators for infants to the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed the nation’s resolve to defend its sacred sea and island sovereignty through combined strength and proper measures in line with international law.

The fishermen consist of seven crewmembers of QB 93256 TS boat from Quang Binh and six of QNg 94912 TS vessel from Quang Ngai.

At a meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Flood and Storm Prevention and Control yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Hai directed ministries, agencies and localities to closely monitor Rammasun`s developments in the East Sea and to come up with effective prevention plans.

​At 42, Nguyen Gia Vien already has more than 25 years of deep sea fishing under his belt.

For more than two months after China placed illegally its oil rig Hai Duong - 981 in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam, China has continued maintaining aggressive, provocative actions such as colliding with Vietnamese ships and law enforcement vessels.

China has so far detained a total of 13 Vietnamese fishermen and their two fishing boats at Sanya port of Sanya city, Hainan province, according to the Vietnamese General Consul in Guangzhou.