New Year's revelry around the world

Vietnamese models, in traditional costumes, stand next to a row of trishaws at the New Year Flowers Festival by the Hoan Kiem lake, the heart of Hanoi December 30, 2009. The annual flowers festival will be held till January 3, 2010 to celebrate the new year and to mark 1000 years of the establishment of the capital city of Thang Long, the former name of Hanoi. [Agencies]

Vietnamese models, in traditional costumes, chat before their performance at the New Year Flowers Festival by the Hoan Kiem lake, the heart of Hanoi December 30, 2009. The annual flowers festival will be held till January 3, 2010 to celebrate the new year and to mark 1000 years of the establishment of the capital city of Thang Long, the former name of Hanoi. [Agencies]