On the 15^th day of the first lunar month or Tet Nguyen tieu (First Full Moon Festival), a large number of locals and foreign tourists flocked to temples and pagodas across Da Nang to offer incense and pray for peace for the whole year.

Tet Nguyen Tieu is among major festivals of Viet Nam. In the country, the festival is believed to originate from the wet rice civilisation and Buddhism culture.

South Korean tourists posed for photos at the Linh Ung Pagoda in Son Tra District before worshipping and offering flowers on the occasion of Tet Nguyen Tieu

Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Mai, a visitor from Ho Chi Minh City, (4th, right) with her family came to the Linh Ung Pagoda to pray for peace during her trip to Da Nang.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thien from Quang Nam Province always goes to Linh Ung pagoda to worship and pray for peace.

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Oi came to a local pagoda from early morning to pray for peace

The Buu Dai Son Pagoda based in Son Tra District also attracted a large number of locals and tourists to visit, worship and pray for peace.

Tradition has it that, on the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, Vietnamese families go to pagodas to pray for a year of good luck, health, happiness, and prosperity.

Busy line of people continuously offered flowers and prayed for peace at the Linh Ung Pagoda despite the hot weather

Many Vietnamese people and tourists were seen wearing 'ao dai' to go to pagodas on the occasion of Tet Nguyen Tieu.

Reporting by THU DUYEN - Translating by M.DUNG