To streamline residence management and reduce land paperwork, Hanoi is speeding up the digitization of land use rights and assets and cleaning up the city's land data.

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.

This year, the number of tropical storms and depressions on the East Sea is predicted to be less than the average of many years ago, with about 9 to 10 storms.

The Hue Festival, a biannual cultural event to be held next month, will feature contemporary pop, rock and flamenco music in order to attract young audiences.

The first film by popular concert organiser Nguyen Quang Huy won six Golden Kite awards, the annual awards bestowed by the Viet Nam Cinema Association, in a ceremony held in the capital on Saturday.

Meteorologists are predicting the number of storms and tropical low pressures the East Sea this year to drop to nine or ten, lower than the annual average, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecast.

The 16th annual National Week on Occupational Health and Safety – Fire and Explosion Prevention was launched in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 16.

Vietnam was, is and will be an active, responsible member of the Francophone community, ready to build a bloc of solidarity and strength, said Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan at a ceremony to mark International Francophone Day (March 20) in Hanoi on March 14.

Abdou Diouf, Secretary General of the International Francophone Organisation (OIF), became a guest of President Truong Tan Sang and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in Hanoi on March 13.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided not to grant permits for the establishment of new newspapers and other publications until after it holds a national review.

Six non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Vietnam are carrying out four UK-funded projects this year in a joint effort to manage and use forest resources in a sustainable manner, according to the People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature).

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak began its Buon Don Ethnic Cultural Festival and the Elephant Race on March 12.

As many as 450 bridges will be built in rural areas of 32 northern, central and Central Highland provinces from now to 2020 under a project approved by the Prime Minister on March 12.

A farmer in Hanoi ’s outskirts district of Thanh Oai has become well-known in Vietnam for successfully planting trees that yield five to seven kinds of fruits, typically used on offering trays on traditional festivals.

The direction of the national media and news output until 2020 will be more focused on quality over quantity to provide a better service to readers, a senior official has said.

“Dien Bien Phu Victory – the Strength of Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh era” is the theme of a conference that will take place in Dien Bien province to mark the 60 th anniversary of the victory (May 7, 1954-2014).

A national symposium was held in Hanoi on March 12 seeking to fortify legal grounds to demand the US government and chemical companies take responsibility for the consequences of Agent Orange/dioxin sprayed on Vietnam during wartime.

Decades after the end of the US war, an abundance of unexploded ordnance (UXO) remain scattered across the nation, a legacy posing a continuous threat of exploding, expected to take Vietnam centuries to clear.

Policy-markers and climate change experts from Southeast Asia discussed ways of financing low-carbon green growth in the region at a March 12 workshop in Hanoi.

The nation`s mass media organisations have to play a major role in encouraging the youth to adopt an active, healthy and moral lifestyle, sociologists, psychologists and other experts said at a forum yesterday.

There is an imminent risk that the entire U Minh Ha indigo forest may erupt in flames, said southernmost Ca Mau province’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department Director Le Van Su.

The upgrade of several streets and other urban infrastructure projects in HCM City over recent years has led to the rise of many slim strangely-shaped houses, forcing owners to adapt to their new lives.