On February 21, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Osaka coordinated with the Vietnamese Association in Kansai, Japan to organize a ceremony to highlight the homeland as a "Proud of the Mountains and Rivers.”

Vietnam presented the Map of the Great Country of An Nam to the House of European History.

Doctors at the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 2 in The United Nations Mission, South Sudan (UNMISS) has made a Vietnam map collage from 509 plastic screw caps, in a bid to raise awareness about environmental protection and popularize the S-shaped country to international friends.