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 State Bank of Vietnam said they will set a limit for printing new small banknotes because of the high cost of making them and their proliferation of use at pagodas.

Russia gives high priority to boosting cooperation with Viet Nam, said Russian Ambassador to Viet Nam A.G.Kovtun during a press conference in Ha Noi on December 25.

Vietnam has generated jobs for more than 5 million rural labourers in the past five years, reducing the annual poverty rate by 2% since 2008.

This year’s GDP grew by 5.42% compared to the previous year, lower than the set target for 5.5% but higher than last year’s figure of 5.25%.

According to weather forecasts, Christmas Eve will be very chilly in Hanoi and the mountainous regions of the north may have snow and frost again when the temperature continues to fall.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 21 extended his Christmas greetings to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers during his visits to the Ho Chi Minh City Archdiocese and the General Confederation of the Evangelical Churches of Viet Nam (the South).

The Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will continue to enhance exchanges and multifaceted cooperation and learn from each other’s experience, to further consolidate the national great unity bloc in both countries.

The economic slowdown is taking a heavy toll on Christmas celebrations this year. Businesses, souvenir shops, and even Santa Clauses are under pressure.

The Hanoi People’s Court has sentenced two former executives of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) to death.

Heavy snowfall and thick ice layer covered O Quy Ho Mountain Pass in Sa Pa district, the northern province of Lao Cai as temperature was recorded at minus one Celsius degree on December 15.

Freedom of speech and press has always been a global issue, which is not only a concern of every nation’s leaders but also a fundamental requirement of human rights.

A greater Mekong sub-region (GMS) conference in Laos has approved a regional investment framework (RIF) with more than 200 projects to be implemented in 10 areas till 2022.

Vietnam wants to further strengthen its strategic partnership with Thailand and India for mutual benefit, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said at separate meetings with the two Thai and Indian diplomats on December 11.

Hanoi hosted a December 9–10 seminar discussing establishing a nuclear atomic energy research program and developing human resources in related fields.

The Mekong Delta coastal province of Tra Vinh has planted significantly more hectares of mangrove forest in a bid to recover its protective forest to adapt to climate change.

Hearing about the expected lower Tet bonus this year, employees at many companies are trying to find extra work to earn some money for the holiday.

Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative Programme 2014 (VACI) was launched in Hanoi on December 9, with the aim of encouraging strategies to minimise corruption and strengthen transparency, integrity and accountability.

Thousands of young people flocked to Hoa Binh (Peace) Park in Hanoi for a blood donation festival on December 7, expecting to meet the target of collecting one million units of blood by the end of this year.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial Meeting was kicked off on December 7 in Singapore with the participation of trade ministers and officials from the 12 TPP parties.

Viet Nam sent 78,664 workers abroad over the past 11 months, making up 92.5% of the year’s plan, according to the Overseas Labor Export Department, under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affair.