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 Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations Office, the World Trade Organisation and Other International Organisations in Geneva on May 20 issued a press release on the recent developments in the East Sea and Vietnam’s position on the situation.

Two giant pandas arrived in Malaysia from China on Wednesday after a one-month delay due to the missing Malaysian jetliner.

A Vietnamese war veteran has sent an open letter to Chinese First Lady, Peng Liyuan, asking for her due attention to the rising tension between Vietnam and China over the East Sea issues.

The 6th International Exhibition Fair on Environment and Energy Technology (ENTECH HANOI 2014) opened in Hanoi on May 21.

About 700 families living near TH Milk Food Joint Stock Company in central Nghe An Province will be evacuated, after being hit by horrible odour and pollution from the farm.

Three members of a family in the central province of Nghe An died a week after eating mushrooms picked from a local mountain.

The Hanoi People’s Court resumed the trial of Nguyen Duc Kien, a former vice chairman and founding member of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), and his accomplices on May 20 after more than a month’s delay.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will help Vietnam address gender imbalance and population aging, especially through communications.

Double amputee and Australian motivational speaker Nick Vujicic returned to HCM City on May 20 to begin his Trans-Vietnam tour.

Vietnamese volunteers have helped to treat injured Chinese workers after violent protests, and have received gratitude from Chinese patients.

Chinese vessels show no intention of withdrawing from Vietnamese waters and continue to ram Vietnamese ships and blast them with water cannons.

The director of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee`s Institute of Legislative Studies, Professor Dinh Xuan Thao, has said in an interview with the Nguoi Lao Dong that East Sea issues will be a hot topic of debate at the seventh session of the 13th National Assembly, which will convene on May 20.

Director of the Russian Culture Centre in Hanoi, Alexy Lavrenniew, presented the insignia “For the cause of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation” to President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), Vu Xuan Hong in Hanoi on May 19.

A representative of Ha Noi Water Company has denied claims that water supplied by several water companies in the city has been contaminated with arsenic, a toxic chemical linked to skin cancer.

On the afternoon of May 18, City People`s Committee Office issued Notice No. 98/TB-UBND, that signed by Hanoi People`s Committee Chairman – Mr. Nguyen The Thao on maintaining security and order in the Capital, and sent to diplomatic representatives, international organizations, business associations, foreign investors in the city.

Nearly 2,000 Oversea Vietnamese and French people gathered in Trocadéro Square in Paris on May 16 evening to protest against Chinese oil rig on the East Sea.

Since the Vietnamese state was first established several thousand years ago, it has resisted numerous foreign invasions, and the simple fact is that no matter how powerful and cruel, they were all vanquished and expulsed.

An international press conference was held in Hanoi on May 17 to inform foreign reporters about bad individuals’ extremist actions that affected social order and safety in several localities in the country.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France on May 15 held a ceremony to mark the 124th birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh, which falls on May 19.

Despite the heat, crowds of people have been flocking to Hanoi in order to pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh for the occasion of his 124th birthday on May 19.