A customer (C) poses for photographs inside Hidden Gem Coffee, a cafe decorated with recycled discarded goods, in the old quarters of Hanoi on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





A woman selling artificial flowers rides her bicycle along the Long Bien bridge in Hanoi on January 12, 2021. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Local people commute in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave, in Hoi An, Quang Nam province, Vietnam, 28 October 2020. Molave made landfall on 28 October in Quang Ngai province, approximately 100 kilometers south of Hoi An. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





A visitor lights incense sticks at the Truong Son Martyr's Cemetery, where 10,263 Vietnamese war soldiers are laid to rest, in Quang Tri province on December 8, 2020. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a conical hat walks past a poster for the 13th national congress of the Vietnamese Communist party, which is due to start next week, in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 17, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency on December 15, 2020 shows Vietnamese writer Tran Duc Thach during his court trial in Vietnam's Nghe An province, as he was sentenced to 12 years in jail on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. (Photo by Vietnam News Agency/AFP Photo)





Children wearing Santa Claus outfits visit a church in Hanoi, Vietnam, 21 December 2020. Although Christmas is not an official holiday in Vietnam, it has seen an increase in popularity with festive activities held during Christmas period in the nation. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





Ho Thi Ha, 28, carries her injured daughter Nguyen Tran Sa Ny after she was rescued from a landslide in Tra Leng commune in central Vietnam's Quang Nam province on October 29, 2020, in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





A police officer directs traffic in front of the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, January 23, 2021. Almost 1,600 leading members of Vietnam's Communist Party on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, begin a meeting to set policy for the next five years and select the group's senior members to steer the nation. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





People ride motorcycles past a poster promoting the Communist Party Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, January 23, 2021. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)





Vietnamese policemen wearing face masks stand guard outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Vietnam's ruling Communist Party began a crucial week-long meeting in the capital Hanoi to set the nation's path for the next five years and appoint the country's top leaders. (Photo by Minh Hoang/AP Photo)





This aerial photograph shows flowers in a field at the Sa Dec flower village, largest flower supplier in southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta region on January 22, 2021, ahead of Lunar New Year or Tet celebrations. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Fireworks explode over Turtle Tower on Hoan Kiem Lake during New Year's Eve celebrations in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





People wait for customers next to a poster of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 25, 2021. (Photo by Thanh Hue/Reuters)





A craftman poses with a bamboo miniature sculpture in Hanoi on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)





People gather on a street during New Year's Eve celebrations amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





Rice is displayed for sale at a street-side shop in Hanoi, Vietnam, 14 January 2021. Vietnam exported around 6.15 million tons of rice in 2020, earning an estimated 3.07 billion US dollar, according to data provided by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





A worker breaks a concrete culvert at a construction site of a new road expansion in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 18, 2021. (Photo by Kham via Reuters)





Women sell vegetables at a street market in Hanoi, Vietnam, 05 January 2021. Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecast to reach 6.8 percent in 2021, according to a report released by the World Bank. (Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA/EFE)





A visitor takes part in a tour in Son Doong cave, one of the world's largest natural caves, in central Vietnam's Quang Binh province on January 19, 2021. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)