A Vietnamese woman heads toward the China-Vietnam border for trade. In recent years, Yunnan Province has actively fostered border trade and economic cooperation with Vietnam. For example, border trade in Hekou, a first-class port, is very prosperous. Every day, tens of thousands of border inhabitants from China and Vietnam do business there. The total value of exports and imports approaches 15 billion yuan for the years 2007 and 2008 (Xinhua) |