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.

The Islamic Cham ethnic community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang are celebrating their traditional Ramadan festival, starting their one month of fasting from June 25.

Russian and international visitors are getting the opportunity to explore the beauty of Vietnamese nature and culture at festivals in big Russian cities from June 25-30 celebrating Vietnam Culture Day 2014.

A “Vietnam Day” was organised for the first time in Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture on June 25, with the aim of furthering the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership in the fields of trade, investment and culture.

The French Development Agency (AFD) will earmark US$2 million for the four Mekong sub-region countries to build Geographical Indications (GI) for their agricultural products.

The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association has announced it will support the government in drawing up necessary legal documents to file a petition against China’s provocations in the East Sea.

Senior officials of Japan and Vietnam met in Hanoi on Tuesday morning, three weeks after Japan announced that it would cancel ODA disbursement for railway projects in Vietnam that were believed to be involved in corruption.

Underprivileged children in the central province of Quang Tri have benefited from a number of projects by a Taiwanese non-governmental organisation over the past 16 years, heard a meeting on June 25.

Mayor of the Republic of Korea’s Busan City, Hur Namsik was awarded the Friendship Medal for his remarkable contributions to boosting friendship and cooperation between the two nations.

The urban poor are often the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Viet Nam, and housing insecurity for the urban poor is a key dimension of poverty.

Loewall Uyen Nhu, an Overseas Vietnamese (OV) residing in Australia, has donated nearly VND50 million to the Vietnam Coast Guard Force that are protecting national sea and island sovereignty.

Chef Nguyen Le Hoang Phat will represent Vietnam at the two-day international culinary competition that kicks off in Shanghai on June 26.

Vietnam will build Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Danang from 2015 to 2018 to improve the capacity of public transport in big cities.

More than 5,000 rural workers have been provided employment and vocational training under a government project targeting poor and ethnic minority households in the 2009-2020 period.

Leaders of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) on June 24 met with Japanese Envoy to Vietnam Hideo Suzuki Hideo Suzuki, discussing the government’s recent efforts to combat corruption.

A Vietnam Energy Bank team comprising Dang Huynh, Mai Anh and Nguyen Thi Thuy Duong from Ho Chi Minh City-based Foreign Trade University, has won third prize in the Go Green in the City contest in Paris.

An estimated 1,000 Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) joined hands with German friends in a peaceful march in Frankfurt, vociferously decrying China’s escalating violations in the East Sea.

This year`s Vietnamese Family Day (June 28) will take the theme "Family Meal with Love and Compassion", Huynh Vinh Ai, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said at a press conference on June 20.

Scientists and administrators once again rang the bell of alarm against a rapid depletion of natural resources, a biodiversity decline and climate change causing adverse impacts on farming and the livelihood of people in the Mekong Delta at a forum held last week.

Customs officials at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have seized more than 90kg of ivory with a total value estimated at VND4 billion.

An estimated 100 hectares of forest at the forest of Ba Na - Nui Chua in the central city of Da Nang was burned down as local residents cleared their fields for the new crop.