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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]
Đồng Đăng Railway Station and the town are several kilometres short of the Friendship Pass border crossing. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of three main border crossings with China, the others being Móng Cái - Dongxing, Guangxi to the East on the coast, and Lào Cai - Hekou , Yunnan , inland 150 km northwest. [ 3 ]
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 G8011 Kaiyuan–Hekou Expressway (Chinese: 开远—河口高速公路), commonly referred to as the Kaihe Expressway (Chinese: 开河高速公路), is an expressway in China that connects Kaiyuan, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, and Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan.
Lào Cai ([làːw kāːj] ⓘ) is a city in the Northwest region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Lào Cai Province . The city borders Bảo Thắng District , Bát Xát District , Sa Pa and the city of Hekou Yao Autonomous County , in Yunnan province of southwest China .
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 border marker at Nậm Xôi. Historically the Annamite Range formed a natural boundary between Vietnamese kingdoms in the east and Lao, Thai and Khmer kingdoms in the west. [2] From the 1860s France began establishing a presence in the region, initially in modern Cambodia and Vietnam, and the colony of French Indochina was created in 1887.
These railways have lost most of their economic importance after the opening of the standard-gauge Kunming-Hekou railway (whose sections within the prefecture are the Yuxi–Mengzi Railway and the Mengzi–Hekou Railway). The prefecture is also served by the Nanning–Kunming high-speed railway and Mile–Mengzi Railway (under construction).