Though there's half a month left until Tet, many residents in Da Nang, in formal clothes, especially ‘Ao Dai’ have been present in popular local public places and spots of interest to take photos in anticipation of the biggest holiday of Vietnamese people.

Since mid-January, it has not been difficult to see girls and boys dressed in colourful ‘ao dai’ posing for photos as Viet Nam heads for its biggest and most important festival.

With rows of green trees, red brick sidewalks, and the romantic Han River, Bach Dang Street has become one of the favourite places for residents and tourists to take photos with ‘ao dai’.

Aside from such popular accessories as sedge bags, bamboo baskets, wooden fans and conical hats, fresh flowers are one of the girls’ favourite items to take photos with ‘ao dai’.

Women wearing colorful ‘ao dai’ flock to the Museum of Da Nang at 42 Bach Dang to pose for early Tet photos

Handicraft stalls at the Han Market is popular with foreign tourists and locals alike.

Ms. Truong Anh Thu and Mr. Pham Minh Han, both born in 2008, take advantage of their free days to take photos together to preserve memories together. Thu said that she and her friend chose 'ao dai' because Tet was coming, and both of them loved the beauty of the traditional costume.

A family hailing from Quang Nam Province take photos with 'ao dai' at Da Nang's Han market. Ms. Nguyen Minh Thu (4th, right) shared that member of her family were impressed with beautiful photos with 'ao dai' on social networks, so they decided to take pictures together to create family memories. The family hired a photographer for VND3 million a day.

To take beautiful photos for the upcoming Tet holiday, Mrs. Tran Thi Kim Anh has spent VND700,000 on buying 'ao dai' for herself and her daughter. At the same time, she also hired a professional photographer to preserve memories of mother and daughter.

To have a beautiful set of photos, Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, 24, (standing in the middle) and her sisters in the family spend money on buying ‘ao dai’ and accessories, and doing makeup. Ms. Thu said that she chose ‘ao dai’ to take photos for Tet because ‘ao dai’ is both a traditional Vietnamese costume and shows gracefulness and the beauty of women.

In addition to costumes, makeup, and hairdressing, many people are willing to pay from a few hundred to several million dong to hire a photographer with the hope of having the best photos for the upcoming Tet holiday.

Reporting by THU DUYEN - Translating by M.DUNG