On Lunar New Year's Eve, thousands in Da Nang headed to pagodas across the city to celebrate the arrival of the Lunar New Year 2021.

Fortune-seekers lit joss sticks in holy shrines to pray for peace, happiness and prosperity through the Year of Buffalo.

The Bat Nha Pagoda was packed with people on Lunar New Year's Eve

People strictly abided by the Ministry of Health's guidelines on wearing face coverings in public places

Pagoda-goers sincerely prayed for divine blessings

Going to pagoda in the beginning of the lunar year has become a custom of Vietnamese people

Buying buds at a pagoda

 By XUAN SON - Translated by M.D