People flock to the St. Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem District to watch Christmas carols performance, amid cool weather of 16 degrees Celsius.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the Dong Khoi Street section in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in District 1 is crowded with people and cars at 7 p.m.
This year, for the first time after 6 years of restoration, the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon has been brightly decorated with many 60-meter-long golden strings of lights covering the two bell towers, and many miniature scenes of Christmas with multicolored LED lights.
Dressed up as Santa Claus, 3-year-old Viet Anh plays with bubbles on Nguyen Hue walking street in HCMC's District 1.
The walking street is crowded every holiday occasion and parking lots are overloaded.
In Bien Hoa City in Dong Nai Province that borders HCMC, the roads leading to central area are crowded with people because this area has many beautifully decorated churches.
The highlight of the city on Christmas Eve is Ha Phat Church with a 47-meter high pine tree decorated with over 4,200 conical hats, attracting thousands of people to visit. This is the sixth year that Ha Phat Church has decorated its Christmas tree with conical hats.
Hieu, an office worker in Bien Hoa City, although not religious, brought his wife and son to celebrate Christmas at Ha Phat Church.
"I wish for everyone to have peace, a happy family, and be able to overcome economic difficulties," he said.
In Hue, a large number of people flocked to churses to attend the Christmas mass, despite the rain under 17 degrees Celsius.
Many parishioners brought their children.
