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Hanoi–Lao Cai Expressway: 264 kilometres (164 mi) [17] 6 Fully opened. Connects to China's G8011 by Kim Thanh International Border Gate. CT.06 Haiphong–Ha Long–Van Don–Mong Cai Expressway: 175 kilometres (109 mi) [17] 6 Fully opened. Connects to China's G7511 by Bac Luan 2 Border Gate. CT.07 Hanoi–Thai Nguyen–Bac Kan–Cao Bang ...
The Hanoi–Lao Cai Expressway Another name Noi Bai–Lao Cai Expressway (Vietnamese: Đường cao tốc Nội Bài - Lào Cai, labelled CT.05) is an expressway section of the Expressways of Vietnam, 265 km long and has its starting point at the intersection of National Highway 18 with National Highway 2 in Thanh Xuân commune, Sóc Sơn district], Hanoi city and the end point at Duyên Hải ...
In December 2014, the last section (Mengzi–Hekou) of the new standard-gauge Kunming-Hekou Railway was completed. It ends at the new Hekou North Railway Station, which is also connected by narrow-gauge tracks to the old railway, in order to facilitate cargo movement between China and Vietnam. [6] Hekou Border crossing
A commuter train on a Kunming North – Wangjiaying run in 2016 A freight train on the Hanoi–Lao Cai railway, near Bảo Hà station. Twice-a-week cross-border passenger service operated as late as 2000; the second-class passengers had to transfer from a Chinese train to a Vietnamese train at the border station, while the first-class car passengers could remain on board as their car was ...
Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway, 388 km (241 mi) standard gauge railway from Kunming to Hekou (via Yuxi and Mengzi, completed in 2014). Kunming–Hai Phong railway (Kunming-Hekou section), 465 km old metre gauge railway parallel to the newer railway, from Kunming to the Hekou Yao Autonomous County on the border with Vietnam (completed in 1910).
Hanoi–Lào Cai Railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt Hà Nội–Lào Cai) is a 296 km (184 mi) railway line serving northern Vietnam. It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting Hanoi with Lào Cai, on the China-Vietnam border in Lào Cai Province. [1] It is the Vietnamese section of the metre gauge Kunming–Haiphong railway.
Lào Cai is also the capital of Lào Cai province and shares border with the city of Hekou, in the Yunnan province of Southwest China. This border town was closed after the 1979 war with China, since reopened in 1993, has become a major tourist centre between Hanoi, Sa Pa and Kunming (China).
The border crossing between Hekou (foreground) and Lao Cai (background) China and Vietnam signed an agreement on border trade in 1991. In 1992, 21 border trade points (cross border markets and goods import/export but limited through access for people) were opened, of which four also served as border crossings. [29]