This aerial photograph shows a giant under-construction Buddha statue at Khai Nguyen pagoda in Son Tay on the outskirts of Hanoi on May 18, 2019 on the eve of Vesak day or Buddha day festival, marking the birth of Gautama Buddha, his attaining enlightenment, and his passing away. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





A dog stands on a railway track that passes through an old residential area of Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 March 2019. The railway has attracted many visitors and has seen a rise in tourism and cafe businesses around the location despite concerns around railway encroachment. Vietnam expects to attract a total of 103 million tourists in 2019. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





Vehicles starts to move after roads reopened following the motorcade of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was driven off Melia hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





A woman with her pet dog watch as motorcade of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is driven off Melia hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Vehicles start to move after roads reopened following the motorcade of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was driven off Melia hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)





Visitors view a hanging art installation by a group of artists made from scraps of plastics, cans and containers at an exhibition “Reduce the Litter” at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on July 15, 2019. The exhibition takes on the perspective on production and consumption, portraying pollution from domestic waste causing harmful impact on the environment and peole's health. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A tourist walks past a Vietnamese couple on an old bunker posing for their wedding photos, at the highest point of Hai Van Pass, Vietnam, 05 June 2019. Hai Van Pass is around 21 km long mountain pass at an elevation of 496m above the sea level, located in Central Vietnam, between the popular tourist spots of Hoi An and Danang to the south and Hue to the north. The pass is considered as one of the most scenic hillside roads in Vietnam. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA/EFE)





A woman sells fans and other goods at the Old Quater in Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 May 2019. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA/EFE)





People wear clothing to protect them from the heat while riding along a street in Hanoi, Vietnam, 24 April 2019. North and central Vietnam was recently affected by extreme hot weather, with the highest temperatures reaching over 40 degrees Celcius, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





Vietnamese soldiers stand guard while North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam Saturday, March 2, 2019. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A man fishes for crabs at a beach near Hai Phong city in Vietnam on June 20, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/Kham)





Heads of mannequins are seen by the roadside near an apartment and office project in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 4, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/Kham)





People play on the Do Son beach in Hai Phong city, Vietnam on July 11, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/Kham)





Preparations continue as security is strengthened at Dong Dang railway station ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's arrival on February 25, 2019 in Lang Son, Vietnam. Preparations continue in Hanoi before the second summit between North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and U.S President Donald Trump. Mr Kim is due to arrive in Vietnam by train one day before the meeting for an official visit at the invitation of Vietnam's President Nguyen Phu Trong and is widely expected to discuss Vietnam's reforms, which have seen it become of one of the fast-growing economies in the world and have been suggested as a road map for the impoverished hermit kingdom. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)





This photograph taken on April 24, 2019 shows Nguyen Thai Binh riding down sand dunes on his snowboard in the southern Vietnamese town of Mui Ne. Sun-kissed and shaggy haired, Nguyen Thai Binh swaps his flip flops for bulky boots ahead of snowboarding practice on the sand dunes of southern Vietnam – the unlikely training ground for the country's fledgling winter athletes with mountain-sized ambitions. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Vietnamese men prepare their traditional flute-kites before taking a part in a centuries-old flute kites festival at the Ba Duong Noi village in Hanoi on April 19, 2019. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





Police officers arrive to guard roads near the Melia Hotel before the arrival of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on February 26, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam for the first time on Tuesday as preparations continue in Hanoi for the summit with U.S President Donald Trump in Hanoi later this week. Reports have indicated that both leaders could agree on a joint statement declaring an end to the 1950-53 Korean War while denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and ending international sanctions against Pyongyang is expected to be discussed during the summit. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)





A farmer harvests rice by a paddy field outside Hanoi, Vietnam on June 10, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/Kham)