Water is whipped up by high winds onto the shore of Phuong Luu lake as Super Typhoon Yagi hits Hai Phong on September 7, 2024. Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees and swept ships and boats out to sea as it made landfall in northern Vietnam on September 7, state media said. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A man holds a baby as he walks past a fallen tree that was blown over by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam, 08 September 2024. Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm so far this year, made landfall in northern Vietnam on 07 September, killing four people and injuring 78 others, according to state media. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





A woman collects chairs amid debris and fallen trees after Super Typhoon Yagi hit Ha Long, in Quang Ninh province, on September 8, 2024. Super Typhoon Yagi uproots thousands of trees, sweeps ships and boats out to sea and rips roofs off houses in northern Vietnam, after leaving a trail of destruction in southern China and the Philippines. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





This aerial view shows a man removing trash from a submerged peach field in Hanoi on September 12, 2024, as heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi brought flooding to northern Vietnam. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A man pushes his motorbike in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Phoot by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





People wade in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Phoot by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





People wade in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Phoot by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





A resident cleans up muddy debris after flood waters receded in Hanoi on September 13, 2024. Typhoon Yagi brought a colossal deluge of rain that has inundated a swathe of northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, triggering deadly landslides and widespread river flooding. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Residents clean up after flood waters receded in Hanoi on September 13, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A resident cleans up after flood waters receded in Hanoi on September 13, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A worker sorts through plastic waste at a recycling site on the outskirts in Hanoi on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





People visit the traditional market for the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, in the old quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, September 17, 2024. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





Women weave dyed strands of sedge in Vietnam in the last decade of September 2024. The village of Phu Tan is famous for the craft, which produces colourful mats, bags and sandals. (Photo by Sabina Akter/Solent news)





A farmer salvages their harvest from a flooded ricefield in Hanoi's Chuong My district on September 24, 2024. Serious flooding in central Vietnam has killed three people and forced more than 10,000 residents to evacuate their homes, disaster officials said on September 24. Earlier this month large swathes of the country's north were devastated by flooding in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which left nearly 300 people dead and caused 1.6 billion USD worth of damage. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Workers lay out hundreds of bundles of dyed joss sticks to cure in the sun in Hanoi, Vietnam in the last decade of September 2024. They will next be coated with incense powder made from Canarium sap and charcoal. (Photo by Piyush Paul/Solent News)





Women make conical fishing traps from bamboo in the traditional craft in Thu Sy trade village, Hung Yen, Vietnam in the last decade of September 2024. The traps are cheap, durable, environmentally friendly and easy to use. (Photo by Sabina Akter/Solent News)





Salt crystals tumble to the ground as workers in Hon Khoi, central Vietnam, use traditional methods to collect and transport them in the second decade of October 2024. (Photo by Sabina Akter/Solent News)





A hippopotamus eats grass next to her three-month-old baby hippo at the Hanoi Zoo in Hanoi, Vietnam, 29 October 2024. According to Nguyen Cong Nghiep, Deputy General Director of Hanoi Zoo Company, the mother hippo was pregnant before being transferred from Dai Nam Zoo in 2023. The baby hippo was born on 23 July 2024, and this was the first time a hippo gave birth at the Hanoi Zoo. ‘The birth of the hippo took place naturally underwater, without the intervention of the zoo staff,’ Nghiep said. The baby hippo is still unnamed and supposed to have one in a naming contest in the near future. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





A three-month-old baby hippo walks at the Hanoi Zoo in Hanoi, Vietnam, 29 October 2024. According to Nguyen Cong Nghiep, Deputy General Director of Hanoi Zoo Company, the mother hippo was pregnant before being transferred from Dai Nam Zoo in 2023. The baby hippo was born on 23 July 2024, and this was the first time a hippo gave birth at the Hanoi Zoo. “The birth of the hippo took place naturally underwater, without the intervention of the zoo staff”, Nghiep said. The baby hippo is still unnamed and supposed to have one in a naming contest in the near future. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





Customers enjoy drinks at a cafe terrace set up on a sidewalk in Hanoi on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)