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 Vietnamese Embassy to the UK on April 28 hosted an annual meeting of the Executive Board of the Medical and Scientific Aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (MSAVLC).

In its recent report, Puma Energy - a global midstream and downstream oil company – has provided an overview on energy demand and growth in the Asia-Pacific region, including Vietnam.

Providing better healthcare services, education and vocational training for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims is one of the key tasks of the Vietnam Friendship Village, which aims to help all members of the society integrate into the wider community.

A contestant from the People’s Broadcasting Station of Chinese Guangxi province won the first prize at the best presenter on Ha Long contest, which concluded on April 27 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Hanoi has launched a programme to improve the housing conditions for families of those who ever rendered great services to the country’s reunification.

A senior official from Japan has said his country will support the southern province of Binh Duong as much as possible in completing planned urban projects.

More than ethnic 300,000 households are said to be in long-term poverty because they do not have any farm land for production.

A solemn requiem was held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien yesterday to commemorate the heroic soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Bac Ninh on April 25 held a ceremony to launch the 2014 national week of clean water and environmental sanitation.

Phu Quoc, the island district in the southern province of Kien Giang urgently needs more than 6,000 qualified workers for its hospitality sector, local authorities say.

A solemn requiem was held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on April 25 to commemorate the heroic soldiers who laid down their lives in the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah on April 23 showed his support for Vietnam’s decision of withdrawing from hosting the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18) in 2019.

Vietnam`s traditional history and its process of international integration have been introduced during the talks in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 22.

Rescuers on April 23 discovered the body of Vietnamese bride Phan Ngoc Thanh who was onboard the capsized vessel off the Republic of Korea’s southwestern coast on April 16.

A solar power system was handed over to Tan Nhut secondary school in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City on April 23, becoming the first among 10 local schools benefiting from an initiative funded by Japan’s AEON Environmental Foundation.

The former Chairman of Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) Duong Chi Dung pleaded guilty to deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences, on the first day of an appeal hearing in Hanoi on April 22.

Hanoi will ban all vehicles from entering six streets in Hoan Kiem District every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening, the municipal Department of Transport has announced.

The beach city of Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa on April 22 hosted a symposium themed “A Healthy Ocean for Prosperity in the Western Pacific: Scientific Challenges and Possible Solutions.”

A Khmer-Vietnam friendship primary school was inaugurated in Svay Rieng province in southeast Cambodia on April 21.

A thermal desorption system was put into operation at Da Nang airport on April 19, as part of a US-funded project to clean up dioxin-contaminated soil and sediment in the central city.