Carpenters at work on traditional basket boats in Phu Yen, Vietnam in the second decade of November 2024. The bamboo design emerged for fishermen unable to afford the taxes for conventional boats. Each is coated in a protective resin and can last for decades. (Photo by Sabina Akter/Solent News)





A woman wearing a face mask rides under a hazy sky in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday November 14, 2024. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





A farm worker tends to flowers in a field in Hanoi on November 27, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (R) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on December 3, 2024. Lan sentenced to death for a multi-billion-dollar fraud will learn on December 3, whether her life will be spared, as an appeal court reaches its verdict on one of the biggest corruption cases in history. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A soldier performs during the opening ceremony of the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam, 19 December 2024. The second International Defense Expo being held by the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence runs from 19 to 22 December in Hanoi. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA)





Artistists perform during the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival, at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, 20 December 2024. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





Artistists perform during the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival, at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, 20 December 2024. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA)





Soldiers take a selfie on the plateform at a metro station in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22, 2024. Thousands of selfie-taking Ho Chi Minh City residents crammed into train carriages on December 22, as the traffic-clogged business hub celebrated the opening of its first-ever metro line after years of delays. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Two boys play football in front of a billboard welcoming the New Year 2025 in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





A worker arranges dried incense sticks to dry in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. Families living and working in the “incense village” of Quang Phu Cau now also make sticks in yellow, blue and green, catering to visitors eager to snap shots for Instagram. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





This aerial picture shows tourists walking next to bundles of incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A worker arranges dried incense sticks to dry in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A worker arranges dried incense sticks to dry in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A tourist poses in front of incense sticks drying in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Incense sticks dry next to fields in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A tourist poses in front of incense sticks drying in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A worker arranges dried incense sticks to dry in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. Families living and working in the “incense village” of Quang Phu Cau now also make sticks in yellow, blue and green, catering to visitors eager to snap shots for Instagram. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





This aerial picture shows a worker arranging dried incense sticks to dry in a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 21, 2025, ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations, known in Vietnam as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A man rides a motorbike carrying kumquats ahead of the Lunar New Year on a street in Hanoi on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)