Global fireworks "party" to welcome the new year 2013

Fireworks are lighting up the skies of many countries as the year changes between the old and the new. In some countries, such as Myanmar, for the first time, people are free to organize activities to celebrate the new year…



Fireworks light up the sky over London, England



New Year's fireworks in London, England



For the first time, Myanmar people can participate in New Year's Eve activities.

In Australia, more than 1.5 million people gathered around the Sydney Harbour Bridge to enjoy the famous fireworks display. In the UK, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the Thames River in London to celebrate the New Year. In New York, the same number of people are estimated to participate in New Year's Eve activities.

In Myanmar, after many years of being banned by the military government from gathering in large public places, for the first time people were able to watch a large public fireworks display in the ancient capital of Rangoon and were free to participate in New Year's celebrations...

In Brazil, more than 2 million people are expected to be present at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro at New Year's Eve (local time, 9am this morning, January 1, Vietnam time) to admire the 16-minute fireworks display.

In North Korea, fireworks lit up the sky over the capital Pyongyang, while South Korea welcomed the new year with 33 traditional chimes from the 15th-century Bosingak bell in Seoul.

In Hong Kong, about 100,000 people flocked to Victoria Harbour to watch the biggest fireworks display ever, which cost an estimated $1.6 million.

“Fireworks parties” are also held in many Chinese cities such as Shanghai, Beijing…

According to Tuoi Tre - H