A countdown event, concert, drone light show and an international marathon will be held in Hanoi to celebrate the New Year 2023.

The annual New Year celebration was being broadcasted this year on Vietnam Television as a precautionary measure to prevent the Covid-19 spreading.

Thousands of people from Hanoi to Hoi An and HCM City went out onto the streets for the countdown and to welcome the New Year.

The Giay ethnic group live mainly in the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, and Cao Bang.

 Tens of thousands of Hanoians and Saigonese, old and young alike, heralded the New Year on the street on December 31 night with music and in the light of low-range display of fireworks.

 A series of special art performances celebrating New Year 2014 will be taken place throughout the country.

 Vietnamese artworks put up for int'l auction; Nguyen dynasty’s woodblocks introduced to public; Major cities hold New Year galas; 100 publications win 2013 Vietnam Book Awards

 Music gala to usher in 2014; Champa Journey show celebrates cultural influences; American book translator to talk in Ha Noi; HCM City hotels host New Year celebrations; French institute hosts charity flea market