Trade and tourism of cross-border cooperation zones between vietnam and china: case of mong cai (vietnam)-dongxing (china)

This article focuses on trade and tourism along the Sino-Vietnamese borderlands in the Mong Cai-Dongxing region. The trading cities of Mong Cai (Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam) and Dongxing (Guangxi, China) both constitute a cross-border economic cooperation zone, a key strategic element of regional economic development and transnational integration in the Greater Mekong Subregion. In addition, the Mong Cai-Dongxing border cooperation zone not only has a strategic position in bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and China but also is one of the gateways connecting China and Southeast Asia. This is a typical area for the cross-border cooperation model between the two countries, especially in the field of cross-border trade and tourism.