U.S. President Joe Biden walks behind security staff at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 10, 2023. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)





Rescue workers carry a person on stretcher out of a building on fire in Hanoi, Vietnam Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Authorities said “many” people had been killed after a fire broke out in the apartment block. (Photo by Pham Trung Kien/ VNA via AP Photo)





Rescue workers carry a person on stretcher out of a building on fire in Hanoi, Vietnam Wednesday, September 13, 2023. (Photo by Pham Trung Kien/ VNA via AP Photo)





People pray in front of a make shift shrine set up in front of a building that was caught on fire in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, September 14, 2023. A fire broke just before midnight Tuesday in the apartment building that killed scores of people. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





A fisherman in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, in the second decade of September 2023, casts his nets to catch squid, which often hide in yellow algae. (Photo by Nguyen Minh Tu/Solent News)





Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, second left, and Crown Princess Kiko, third left, receive flowers from Vietnamese officials after landing in Hanoi, Vietnam Wednesday, September 20, 2023. They are on a visit to Vietnam to mark the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relation between the two countries. (Photo by An Van Dang/VNA via AP Photo)





Mist rolling over the Long Coc tea hills in the Phu Tho province of Vietnam on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Nghiem Phu Lam/Solent News)





In this picture taken on September 28, 2023 boys perform dragon dance and breathe fire for mid-autumn celebrations at a village in the outskirts of Hanoi. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Vinfast CEO Le Thi Thu Thuy holds up a miniature model of a Vinfast car in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 29, 2023. Vietnamese automaker Vinfast has plunged right into the crowded and hypercompetitive U.S. auto market, gambling that if it can sell its electric vehicles to finicky Americans, it can succeed anywhere. So far, that gamble has yet to pay off. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





Women place candles on the Nhu Y river in Hue, Vietnam in the first decade of October 2023, to pray for peace. The monthly Buddhist ritual usually occurs at the time of a new moon. (Photo by Nguyen Minh Tuan/Solent News)





This photo taken on October 13, 2023 shows a man walking through a flooded area of Hue city in central Vietnam. Two people died after being swept away in floodwaters in central Vietnam, state media reported October 14. (Photo by Tam Giang/AFP Photo)





This aerial photo shows vendors selling vegetable at Vi Thanh market in Hau Giang province on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





This aerial photo shows vendors selling vegetable at Vi Thanh market in Hau Giang province on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





In the salt fields of Nha Trang, Vietnam, workers in October 2023 begin their day at 3am when the temperatures are bearable. Water flows through a network of canals to reach the fields, where it evaporates and the salt can be harvested. (Photo by Nguyen Minh Tuan/Solent News)





This aerial photo taken on November 4, 2023 shows the construction site of a residential and hotel complex near Ha Long Bay in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province. A huge residential complex being built on the borders of Vietnam's Ha Long Bay prompted a public outcry in the Southeast Asian country on November 6, 2023, as concerns mount over human impacts that have degraded the UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Photo by Hoang Duong/AFP Photo)





A worker arranges chili peppers on a dragon decoration made with vegetable during the Hanoi Fruit Festival at Thong Nhat park in Hanoi on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A woman poses for a photo in front of dragon decorations made with fruit and vegetable during the Hanoi Fruit Festival at Thong Nhat park in Hanoi on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





The “ladder fields” of Mu Cang Chai, Vietnam, form a mesmerising pattern of velvety green terraces along the contours of the hillside in the second decade of November 2023. (Photo by Nguyen Minh Tan/Solent News)





Workers prepare mouldy rice, soybeans, salt and water as part of a traditional soy sauce manufacturing process in the Cu Da Ancient Village in Vietnam in the last decade of November 2023. (Photo by Sabina Akter/Solent News & Photo Agency)





A couple poses for wedding photos in front of the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)