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.

The Vietnamese community in Kharkov, one of the hot spots in Ukraine, is still safe amid the political tensions, according to Chairman of the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Kharkov Tran Duc Tua.

New polices on cash payment, exemption of export and import duty on raw material gold, preferential lending interest rate, and more incentives for the handicapped are scheduled to come into effect in March, 2014.

Global warming will cut global crop production, wreak $1.45 trillion of economic damage and force mass migration from East, South and Southeast Asia coastal areas, warns a draft UN report on the environment

The World Bank (WB) stands committed to assist Vietnam in making and enforcing environment protection policies, minimising the impact of climate change.

Sweet childhood memories, amazing feelings of vital springs, nostalgia for her native land, and a great passion for charming Paris – those are the different emotions that female writer and poet Vi Thuy Linh reveals in her newly-published book, Ho Chieu Tam Hon (Passport of the Soul).

On the morning of March 1st, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam instructed authorities and localities to provide better care to the aged while chairing a National Committee on Aging conference in Ha Noi

Michael George Charles Franklin, Prince of Kent, the UK, presented helmets to pupils at Hanoi’s Van Phuc Primary School on February 28.

Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh maintained his 8th position in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

Executives of the Lotte retail group from the Republic of Korea plan to develop Lotte Vietnam into one of its leading branches abroad.

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is infusing US$7.5 million into Nam Long Investment Joint Stock Company. With the assistance of Nam Long, IFC wants to help average income earners have their own home

The Vietnam Report on Human Rights Practices for 2013, released on February 27 (local time), continues with incorrect information about the situation in Vietnam, including the so-called “political prisoners” and restrictions on people’s rights to freedom of speech and press.

According to the General Statistics Office The nation`s total retail sales and service revenues increased 11.6 per cent year-on-year to VND474.10 trillion (US$22.6 billion) in the first two months.

Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations shared Vietnam’s experience on disaster preparedness at the launch of the UN report “Dare to Prepare: Taking Risks Seriously” on February 27.

Facing a severe student shortage, many vocational training school classroooms equipped with expensive tools and machinery are going unused as enrolment remains stagnant.

To celebrate opening its 22nd route from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Lat, VietJet Air is offering sale tickets per week between the cities.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced a US$250,000 integrated programme to improve children’s living conditions in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum.

The programme of Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) has provided funding totalling nearly VND2,850 billion to 34 provinces and cities in Vietnam over the past five years.

Short stories penned by Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh, who has millions of young fans in Viet Nam, were featured in a publication that was recently released in Japan.

Vietnamese and foreign delegates are gathering in Hanoi on February 27-28 to share experience in child adoption and legal options available to families wishing to adopt children.

Vietnam is to celebrate for the first time the International Day of Happiness, which is marked throughout the world on March 20, with the aim of promoting the well-being of all people.