According to Travel & Leisure Asia magazine, Vietnam is one of the best last-minute destinations to experience the New Year's Eve countdown to 2024.

While many events have either been postponed or canceled during the coronavirus pandemic, some organizations have pivoted to virtual or socially-distanced events to continue offering the masses some entertainment. Here are the best things to spend your free time over New Year's weekend to start it right.

Several countries across the world celebrate the new year of 2021 with no crowds gathering, no fireworks show and strangers exchanging hugs and kisses. After a year devastated by disease, unemployment and racial unrest, people around the world will still raise a glass and toast the start of 2021.

Just as we adapted Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and any number of birthdays and milestones along the way to be more pandemic-friendly, so either can we adjust our understanding of what makes a great New Year Eve.