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.

Police in Ha Tinh Province arrested and prosecuted 76 people involved in a violent anti-China protest at the Vung Ang Economic Zone.

One of 2014’s best meteor showers, with radiants reaching a zenithal hourly rate or ZHR of 1,000 per hour makes its appearance over the skies of Vietnam on May 24.

Around 400 workers from the northern province of Thai Binh made a motorbike trip to Haiphong City, in a bid to urge Chinese workers to oppose the illegal oil rig in Vietnamese waters.

The Vietnam Fisheries Association (VFA) held a meeting in Hanoi on May 14, asking China to immediately withdraw its drilling rig Ocean-981 and escort vessels from Vietnam’s sovereign waters.

China’s installation of its drilling rig in Vietnam’s sovereign waters has attracted huge global attention over the past week, viewed as an intentional and provocative act.

The US Consulate General in HCM City has announced that legal same-sex couples that satisfy required criteria will be granted immigrant visas in the same manner as other cases.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia in co-ordination with the Overseas Vietnamese Association organized Vietnam Culture Day in Vladimir City, Russia on May 12.

Chairman of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Association, Dr. Ngo Thuong San said that China is playing a trick to illegally claim its sovereignty over Vietnam’s waters in the East Sea.

On May 13, China used 9 types of vessels to protect its drilling rig Ocean-981, including, military, coast guard, maritime surveillance, fishery administration and transport ships, according to the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG).

Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have expressed their deep concern about China’s serious violation in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

Vietnamese internet-users have began a campaign to stop buying Chinese-made mobile phones in the wake of an illegal Chinese oil rig operating in Vietnamese waters.

Vietnamese people in several countries, including Germany, the Czech Republic and Japan have gathered to protest against Chinese drilling rig on the East Sea.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on May 12 expressed the US’s concern about China’s illegal deployment of its drilling rig and escort vessels in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone, describing it an ‘aggressive’ action.

HCM City’s External Relations Department on May 12 called in a representative of the Chinese Consulate General to protest against China’s unilateral deployment of its drilling rig Ocean-981 and escort vessels in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

Ecopark beat stiff competition to win the best complex development project in Vietnam at the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2014-2015.

One more fishing boat from Ly Son island district, part of the central province of Quang Ngai, was attacked and robbed of its cargo by Chinese forces, while operating normally in waters surrounding Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, the local authority said on May 11.

The 2014 UN Day of Vesak was successfully wrapped up Ninh Binh with the adoption of a statement highlighting three sustainable development pillars.

Thousands of people in the three largest cities of Vietnam - Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang - took the streets on May 10-11, protesting against China’s illegal installation of its drilling rig HD-981 and deployment of escort vessels and aircraft in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

Thousands of people in HCM City took the streets on May 11, protesting against China’s illegal installation of its drilling rig HD-981 and deployment of escort vessels and aircraft in Vietnam’s territorial waters.

A grand requiem was held at Hanoi’s Thang Long Citadel on May 10 to pray for repose of those who fell victim to the past wars and natural disasters.