The ancient city of Hoi An in central Quang Nam province will launch a wide range of public cultural activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival this year.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan extended New Year greetings to the northern Ha Nam provincial Party Committee and residents in a visit to the locality on February 12.

A fine arts exhibition titled ‘Small Thing’, featuring small works, kicked off in Hanoi on February 11.

The National Suzuki Raider R150 motorcycling championship 2015 is scheduled to be held on March 8 in the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho.

The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien and the Nan province in northern Thailand will each open representative tour offices as formalised in their memorandum of understanding (MoU).

Vietnam Project Runway 2014 winner Ly Giam Tien will unveil his latest collection Dark Raven on February 15 at Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York City as part of the ongoing New York Couture Fashion Week.

Vietnam will participate in six events at the International Martial Arts Festival 2015, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from March 12 to 22, said the National Sports Administration.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan paid a visit to the city’s Archdiocese on February 10 to wish local Catholic dignitaries and followers a happy new year in the Year of the Goat.

A myriad of activities are being held abroad as Vietnamese expatriates across the world join their compatriots in celebrating the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important holiday for all Vietnamese wherever they are.

Leaders of the Cambodian province of Mondulkiri, headed by Governor Eng Buol Hieng, paid a visit to the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on February 11 to wish local leaders a happy New Year.