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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 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 Ports of Entry of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国的口岸) [a], according to the definition of "Several Provisions of the State Council on Port Opening", are the seaports, river ports, airports, railway stations, border crossings (边境通道), and all other entry-points through which people, goods, and means of transportation may legally enter and exit the country. [1]
The Yunnan–Vietnam Railway crosses the Nanxi River from Hekou, China (left) to Lao Cai, Vietnam (right) on a bridge a short distance upstream from the river's mouth View from the Vietnamese side of the river at the Lao Cai-Hekou border crossing
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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
First established in 1992, Hekou Border Economic Cooperation Zone is a border zone approved by State Council to promote Sino-Vietnamese trade. It has a planned area of 4.02 km 2 (1.55 sq mi). The zone implemented several policies to serve its clients in China from various industries and sectors including investment, trade, finance, taxation ...