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.

Danang will host the International Fireworks Competition 2015 from April 29 to May 3, the annual event`s organising committee said.

A Hague-based tribunal has asked China to submit evidence defending its territorial claims in the South China Sea within six months despite Beijing`s refusal to respond to a Philippine complaint questioning the legality of Beijing`s claims.

Vietnam hopes that the US will have a stronger voice and take more practical actions to contribute to peace, stability, security, and maritime safety in the region, and to settling regional disputes in line with international law.

Leaders of the Group of 7 have expressed their deep concern about tensions between China and a number of Asian countries in the East and East China Seas and warned against any use of force.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, is taking part in the 24th Global Summit of Women (GSW), due to open in Paris at 22:00 (Vietnam time) on June 5.

The central province of Thua Thien Hue has received funding of nearly VND558 million from the US charity Aid To Children Without Parents (ACWP), to implement a project to support local orphans and disadvantaged children.

Environment protection, natural resource management and climate change adaptation are decisive factors behind national sustainable development and also a challenge for humankind in the 21st century.

More than 2,100 out of 2,650 foreign experts have returned to their work in industrial zones in the southern province of Binh Duong as almost all riot-affected enterprises have resumed operation.

A string of new policies on electricity retail prices, early termination of financial contracts, preferential loans for rehabilitating drug abusers and ceiling prices for milk products will take force in June 2014, according to the Government news portal.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Angola recently handed over 23 tonnes of rice to the southern province of Namibe which was severely affected by the prolonged drought.

Scholars attending a workshop in Washington DC on June 3 raised their concern about increased tensions in the East Sea which they said could lead to a global crisis.

Japan is appreciative of Vietnam’s rapid response and strict settlement of those involved in the alleged graft scandal of the Japan Transportation Consultants, Inc. (JTC).

There are 700,000 to one million couples in the reproductive age are infertile, according to research conducted by the Central Obstetrics Hospital and the Hanoi Medical University.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will launch a campaign calling on people across the country to enjoy a two-hour family meal from 5pm on June 26 to mark the 2014 Vietnam Family Day.

More than 200 Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Canada on May 31, mainly students, participated in a nonviolent march demonstrating their opposition to China’s illegal and brutal actions in the East Sea.

A group of the nation’s leading oil and gas companies on June 2 donated VND3 billion to the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) to support education and provide scholarships for children in the Mekong Delta.

More than 130 mayors and leaders of various cities round the world, including Hai Duong, Da Nang and Khanh Hoa of Vietnam, are attending the fifth World Cities Summit, held in Singapore from June 1-4.

Border guards in collaboration with customs forces from Quang Binh province on June 1 arrested one suspect, seizing 600 tablets of drugs.

The Fund for Vietnamese Children with Disabilities has handed over nine gifts worth VND5 million each to disabled children of officers and soldiers of Brigade 146 under the Vietnam People’s Navy.

More than 1,000 Buddhist monks, nuns and followers in Ho Chi Minh City on June 1 prayed for peace in the East Sea following China’s illegal placement of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnamese waters.