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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.

A tropical storm is forecast to make landfall in the northeastern region of Viet Nam on the evening of August 7, the sixth typhoon to do so this year.

Poor people from the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and the central province of Nghe An will get 1,356 tons of rice relief from national reserves.

Viet Nam’s achievements and challenges in fulfilling the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were presented to the Annual Ministerial Review of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSCO), which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 1-2.

The international community highly valued Viet Nam’s efforts in finalizing some United Nations-initiated Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ahead of schedule.

Two international flight from Danang to Seoul and Siem Riep will be officially launched.

The Hanoitimes- Vietnam's consumer confidence index jumped to 96 in the first quarter, marking the highest index point over the past year.

The famous limbless man Nick Vujicic will come to Vietnam and talk to young locals in May, leading local job search service Vietnamworks said on its website.

The Hanoitimes - The budget airline Jetstar Pacific will operate two new routes to Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands from March 26.

The Hanoitimes - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to offer households exisiting near the poverty line with preferential loans to help improve their living conditions.

To ensure traffic security during Tet holidays, the Department of Traffic Police under Hanoi Public Security decided to increase the number of police at trouble spots.  Accordingly, 300 traffic police students will be sent out to direct traffic to serve people o­n the occasion of Tet.

On January 17, the State Bank of Vietnam and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed four loan agreements totalling 176 million USD to support four projects in Vietnam.

An art exchange programme “Nhung tam long cao ca” was held in Hanoi and televised o­n November 10 to celebrate 15 years of World Social Work Day.

The Vietnam Cable Television and Electronics Joint Stock Company (CEC) has decided to sell off a 51 percent stake to Vietnam Cable Television (VCTV) in order to raise money to pay bank debts, while retaining a 49 percent stake, reported Vietnam Post newspaper.

New subscribers to prepaid mobile services will be charged 25,000 VND from January 1, 2013, excluding the cost of a SIM Card (Subscriber Identity Module).

The Hanoitimes -A photograph capturing competing disabled athleteswon the top prize at the Inspire Sports contest, launched by the East Meets West (EMW) Foundation and the British Embassy.

As many as 150 Vietnamese and Chinese officials and experts gathered in Vietnam's mountainous northern province of Lao Cai o­n November 9 and 10 to discuss plans to facilitate development of the Red River basin.

The Hanoitimes - Domestic auto sales increased slightly in October compared to the last few months as a host of automobile makers launched new cars.

Prices of essential goods and services were expected to continue increasing till the end of the year and beyond due to an increase in demand, said the Ministry of Finance.

Tra fish business should have to meet stricter hygiene and registration conditions to guarantee quality and improve management of the sector, says the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

More than 1,000 people from 34 countries will gather in Hanoi from November 26-28 to take part in the fourth international seminar o­n Vietnam Studies.Hosted by the Vietnam Institute of Social Science in collaboration with the National University in Hanoi, there will be a series of talks and discussions over the course, which has been billed as an opportunity for researchers from around the world to share and exchange their knowledge o­n the subject of Vietnam.