Carp fish swim inside the Bay Bon fish pond located in the Mekong river which was affected by sediment in Mekong's regional capital Can Tho, Vietnam on May 25, 2022. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Boys stand on a rock on a flooded street after Typhoon Noru made landfall in Hoi An, Vietnam's Quang Nam Province on September 28, 2022. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Residents clean a street following the passage of Typhoon Noru in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province on September 29, 2022. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Su-30MK2 fighter planes of the Vietnam People's Air Force undertake drills over Hanoi on November 3, 2022. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A worker paints a plaster model of the FIFA World Cup trophy at a workshop in Hanoi on November 16, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Vietnam People's Air Force Su-30MK2 fighter planes in Hanoi, Vietnam, 22 November 2022. The Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2022, which is hosted by the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, will take place in Hanoi from 08 to 10 December. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





Traditional seamstresses meticulously examine amoungst a sea of bright blue fishing nets before having a nap on the job in Phan Rang, central Vietnam in November 2022. (Photo by Hilton Chen/Solent News & Photo Agenc)





A colourful display of incense sticks at a factory near Hue, Vietnam early December 2022. (Photo by Hilton Chen/Solent News)





A Vietnamese soldier stands next to a missile system on display during the Vietnam 2022 International Defense Expo in Hanoi on December 8, 2022 (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Su-30MK2 fighter jets of Vietnam People's Army Air Force fly during the Vietnam 2022 International Defense Expo in Hanoi on December 8, 2022 (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A woman poses for photos during the flower festival at Me Linh district in the suburb of Hanoi on December 9, 2022. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A shopkeeper waits for customers at a shop selling Christmas decorations in downtown Hanoi on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





The colourful process of salt harvesting is captured at the Hon Khoi Salt Fields in Nha Trang, Vietnam in December 2022. (Photo by Hilton Chen/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Rescuers look down into the site of where a 10-year-old boy is thought to be trapped in a 35-metre deep shaft at a bridge construction area in Vietnam's Dong Thap province on January 2, 2023. Hundreds of rescuers in Vietnam battled January 2 to free a 10-year-old boy who fell into a 35-metre deep hole on a construction site two days ago. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Workers prepare a vibrantly-coloured hot air balloon for an early-morning flight in Dalat, Vietnam early January 2023. (Photo by Ly Hoang Long/Solent News)





This photograph taken on January 7, 2023 shows a woman praying at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Ha Nam province. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A woman carries horse figurines, to be used as offerings at religious ceremonies, on her bicycle as she transports them to shops for sale in Hanoi on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on January 10, 2023 shows a Dong Tao chicken in a poultry farm in Hung Yen province. The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken – named after the commune where they're bred in northern Vietnam – are considered a delicacy and are a particularly popular dish among the wealthy during Vietnamese new year, known as Tet. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





People watch a firework display to mark the Lunar New Year celebrations of the Year of the Cat in the Old Quarter on January 22, 2023 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Lunar New Year also known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, falls on January 22 this year and marks the Year of the Cat in Vietnam or the Year of the Rabbit in China, Korea, and other East and Southeast Asian countries. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)





Stickers with cat image are on display at the Spring Festival Fair in the Old Quarter on January 14, 2023 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Lunar New Year also known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, falls on January 20 this year and marks the Year of the Cat in Vietnam or the Year of the Rabbit in China, Korea, and other East and Southeast Asian countries. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)