A vendor selling used remote controls for various home appliances takes a nap in Nhat Tao market, the largest informal recycling market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Sunday, January 28, 2024. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





This aerial photo shows a fisherman collecting dead fish caused by renovation works and the ongoing hot weather conditions from a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province on April 30, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province, with locals and media reports suggesting the brutal heatwave and lake's management are to blame. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Helicopters with Vietnamese and Communist flags fly above Dien Bien Phu city on May 5, 2024, as Vietnam prepares to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory against French colonial forces. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





French Dien Bien Phu veteran Jean-Yves Guinard (C) walks above an old trench with the help of Vietnamese soldiers as he visits Him Lam hill (Beatrice hill) in Dien Bien Phu city on May 6, 2024. Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which unfolded on May 7, 1954 and ultimately brought the French empire in Indochina to an end, three French war veterans returned to the site of the bloody conflict. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A woman walks in a rice field, once a battlefield, in Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam on Monday, May 6, 2024. Vietnam is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, where the French army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, ending the French colonial rule in Vietnam. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





Women wave flags during official celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonial forces at a stadium in Dien Bien Phu city on May 7, 2024. War veterans, soldiers and dignitaries gathered in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu on May 7 to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle that ultimately brought an end to the French empire in Indochina. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Veterans attend a parade commemorating the victory of Dien Bien Phu battle in Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Vietnam is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, where the French army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, ending the French colonial rule in Vietnam. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





Performers walk with bicycles depicting the transportion of food and necessities for the battlefield during official celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonial forces in Dien Bien Phu city on May 7, 2024. War veterans, soldiers and dignitaries gathered in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu on May 7 to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle that ultimately brought an end to the French empire in Indochina. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Vietnamese women from different ethnicities wearing their traditional dress carrying assault weapons parade on the street as Vietnam marks the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Dien Bien Phu battle on May 7, 2024 in Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien Province, Vietnam. More than 12,000 participants are set to take part in the 70th-anniversary ceremony of the Dien Bien Phu battle, a significant event in the First Indochina War, which will culminate in a grand parade on May 7 at Dien Bien Province's stadium, featuring the air force, fireworks force, and parade force. The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was one of the most major confrontations in the First Indochina War, fought between the Viet Minh Communist Revolutionaries and the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps. Lasting from March 13 to May 7, 1954, this decisive battle ended with a victory for the Vietnamese side, effectively terminating the French presence in Indochina and leading to the signing of the Geneva Accords. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)





A student of the Vietnam Dance Academy warms up before performing on the graduation exam day in Hanoi, Vietnam, 16 May 2024. The Vietnam Dance Academy's graduation exam is held from 14 to 16 May 2024, with various exam contents such as contemporary dance, European classical dance, Vietnamese ethnic folk dance and dance performance techniques. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





Tourists float through Bay Mau coconut forest on the coast of Hoi An, Vietnam in the last decade of May 2024. (Photo by Bui Phu Khanh/Solent News)





A man rides a motorbike while transporting a motorbike along a road in Hanoi on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A banana vendor wades in a flooded street in Hanoi on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A dog walks in a street of Hanoi, Vietnam, 11 June 2024. Hanoi's authorities have issued a forceful directive on tightening the dog and cat meat trade in the city amid a recent rabies surge across the country. There have been more than 100 rabies outbreaks in 29 provinces and cities of Vietnam, which have caused human fatalities, according to state media. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





A dog is able to stand and walk with the aid of a wheeled support structure made by veterinary students, on June 12, 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Pet owners can bring cats and dogs with limited mobility for traditional and electro-acupuncture treatment at a community veterinary clinic on the Vietnam National University of Agriculture campus, founded by 91 year old Dr. Pham Thi Xuan Van. (Photo by Chris Trinh/Getty Images)





Nguyen Thi Hong Van, 55, a collector and seller of Russian souvenirs who lived and worked in Russia for 20 years, poses at her shop in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 16, 2024. (Photo by Thinh Nguyen/Reuters)





Vietnamese soldiers prepare before the start of a welcome ceremony for Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





This aerial picture taken on June 29, 2024 shows fishing boats moored at a beach in Danang, central Vietnam. (Photo by Dale De La Rey/AFP Photo)





A woman cycles in a heavy downpour in Hanoi on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A cyclo driver passes by a shop selling decorative items in Hanoi on August 9, 2024, ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)