Hoi An all decked out in lanterns for New Year 2016: in pictures
Taking a stroll amidst a sea of dazzling and glittering colourful lanterns, symbolizing good fortune and prosperity, never fails to capture the magic and energy of the fabulous New Year holiday season in Hoi An.
Cau Pagoda
Lantern street on the banks of Hoai River
A 5m-high lantern bearing a lotus, a symbol of purity and divine beauty
Two Korean visitors
A lantern portraying the outline of a dragon on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street
Foreign tourists drop lanterns in the Hoai River
A 70-year-old lantern vendor named Cu Thi Toi
Nguyen Phuc Chu Street
A tea shop quaintly decorated
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