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Hekou Border crossing On 20 February 2025 the Vietnamese parliament approved an $8 billion railroad investment to upgrade under Xi Jinping 's Belt and road initiative the old French-built Kunming–Haiphong railway , which serves the Chinese border city Hekou Yao, Lao Cai , Hanoi and Haiphong .
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]
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 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 ...
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]
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 ...
Đồng Đăng station and the town are several kilometres short of the Friendship Pass border crossing. [ note 1 ] [ note 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.