A health worker prepares a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, March 8, 2021. Vietnam has started the vaccination campaign with a hope to inoculate half of the population of 96 millions against COVID-19 by the end of the year. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





A gold shop employee is dressed as the God of Wealth at a jewellery shop on God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of Lunar New Year, as Vietnamese hope buying gold would bring good luck, in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 21, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





Vietnamese women checks their smartphones at the Tran Quoc Pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas in Hanoi on February 12, 2021 on the first day of Lunar New Year or Tet celebrations. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





A goldfish is released into Hoan Kiem lake to mark Kitchen God day, ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Hanoi on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A woman prepares to release carps to Hoan Kiem lake on Kitchen God's Day as part of the traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations, the biggest festival of the year in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





A man releases carps to Hoan Kiem lake on Kitchen God's Day as part of the traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations, the biggest festival of the year in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





A man waits for customers to sell kumquat trees which are decorated at home during Lunar New Year celebrations in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





Bui Van Cuong wears a gas mask as he braises black carp in claypots with longan firewood to serve as a traditional Vietnamese dish for Lunar New Year celebrations in Ha Nam province, Vietnam on February 5, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





Bui Van Cuong wears a gas mask as he braises black carp in claypots with longan firewood to serve as a traditional Vietnamese dish for Lunar New Year celebrations in Ha Nam province, Vietnam on February 5, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





A worker handles dried incense sticks in a courtyard ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Quang Phu Cau village outside Hanoi, Vietnam, February 3, 2021. (Photo by Thanh Hue/Reuters)





A man, wearing a protective face mask, shows a gold ring at a jewellery shop on God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of Lunar New Year, as Vietnamese hope buying gold would bring good luck, in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 21, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





Clients, wearing protective face masks, buy gold at a jewellery shop on God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of Lunar New Year, as Vietnamese hope buying gold would bring good luck, in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 21, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





A gold shop employee, wearing a protective face mask, shows a gold buffalo at a jewellery shop on God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of Lunar New Year, as Vietnamese hope buying gold would bring good luck, in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 21, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





Nguyen Hoang Viet, 22 years old, a new military recruit, wearing a face mask amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), holds a bouquet as he attends a ceremony before leaving for military service in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Thanh Hue/Reuters)





Residents come out to celebrate with national flags and fireworks after Hai Duong authorities end 34 days of social distancing amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province, Vietnam, March 3, 2021. (Photo by Thanh Hue/Reuters)





A fisherman sorts his catch while rowing along the Red river in Hanoi on March 1, 2021. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





People wearing face masks wait for boarding at the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, February 12, 2021. Fresh COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam has slowed down business and travel during the popular lunar new year festival. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





The village of Sa Dec on January 22, 2021, largest flower supplier in southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta region, has been producing ornamental flowers for more than 100 years, ahead of Lunar New Year or Tet celebrations. Most of the 3,000 households make a living from the business and from the tourists the village attracts. (Photo by Khanh Phan/Solent News)





A couple sits with their dog at a streetside coffee stall near the popular Hoan Kiem lake during the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday in Hanoi on February 14, 2021. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)