A policeman instructs people to follow the traffic route by the Hoan Kiem Lake on the New Year Eve. |
Capturing the moment of beauty. |
Foreign tourists enjoy the Tet atmosphere in Ha Noi. |
Balloons always attract the children's attention. |
A woman prepares for an out-door worshipping offering of the New Year Eve in Cha Ca Street. |
Father and son, both enjoy fireworks. |
People flock to the centre of the city |
When the clock strikes 12, a fireworks display lighted up the Hoan Kiem lake. |
Happy New Year, Viet Nam. |
Offering lucky money is a tradition of Vietnamese culture on the Lunar New Year. |
Local people buy sprig of bud and salt to pray for a prosperous New Year. |
Visiting pagodas in the first moments of the New Year is a tradition of Vietnamese people. |