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.

Vietnam’s skilled workers will find it easier to seek high-income jobs when the ASEAN Community is formed by 2015.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam, head of the National organization board for celebration of the 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory attended the rehearsal of main activities for the event on May 5.

The Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Japan held a grand ceremony in Tokyo on May 4 welcoming the United Nations Day of Vesak 2014 (Vesak 2014).

The Guangxi Institute for Southeast Asian Studies’ Academy of Social Sciences hosted a seminar featuring the 60th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory and the Vietnam-China relations in China’s Nanning city on May 4.

Thousands of square metres adjacent to the Thanh Dat paper mill in Phong Khe industrial zone, northern Bac Ninh province, were ablaze for hours despite the inclement rainy weather on May 4.

It`s 5am and people are still sleeping, but Nguyen Thi Nga (not her real name) gets up and prepares lunch to take with her to work at a tailor`s shop in Ha Noi`s Quan Su Street. She has been employed there for nearly a year.

At least five people were found dead in a fire that broke out at a four-story karaoke bar in Hanoi’s Giang Vo street on May 3.

As many as 99 people died from traffic accidents nationwide including 189 road accidents that killed 95 people and four railway accidents killed four during the four holidays (April 30-May 5).

These days, numerous activities are taking place nationwide to celebrate the 60thanniversary of the historical Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954), a glorious milestone in the national construction and protection history, and a significant lesson about people-based war, patriotism and the nation’s wisdom and bravery.

Hazardous medical waste, much of it contaminated with infectious agents, is often sold to scrap dealers . They in turn bring the waste to recycling workshops, where workers create consumer goods for daily use.

As many as 68 traffic accidents were reported in the two national holidays (Unification Day) and May Day, killing 36 people and injuring 37 others.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to pay tribute to General Giap`s tomb in Quang Binh Province for Reunification Day and May Day.

In observance of United Nations Day of Vesak 2014 (Buddha’s 2,558th birthday) President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan on April 30 sent a congratulatory letter to Buddhist clergies nationwide.

The US travel magazine National Geographic has introduced Vietnam’s savoury Chung (square) and Giay (round) cakes among the world’s top ten traditional dishes.

Danang`s Rong (Dragon) Bridge has been honoured with the Grand Award in the 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition for outstanding engineering accomplishment in the structural systems category.

Moscow hosted a seminar on Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7, 1954) and the triumph by the Red Army of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War (May 9, 1945).

The Hanoi Police on April 29 announced an amnesty and commutation for 145 inmates from its three detention camps on the occasion of National Liberation Day (April 30).

Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam and US Special Advisor for International Disability Rights Judith E.Heumann co-chaired an April 29 roundtable meeting in Hanoi to share experience in supporting people with disabilities.

Vessel KDB Darulehsan of the Royal Brunei Navy with 70 officers and crew members on board arrived at Hai Phong port, the northern city of Hai Phong, on April 29, starting an official visit to Vietnam.

Ten people were arrested on April 28 in an alleged narcotic trafficking conspiracy operating out of Ho Chi Minh City that police say operated throughout the metropolitan area.