Nearly 1,000 big-spending Chinese tourists entered Vietnam on October 14 through the Mong Cai international border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh for a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) getaway.

Total trade revenue through the Mong Cai International Border Gate in Quang Ninh province topped US$624 million as of the end of February, a year-on-year surge of 58.23%, according to head of the border gate management board Tran Bich Ngoc.

The value of export-import goods going through the Mong Cai border gate in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh reached nearly US$2.5 billion in the first nine months of the year, according to the Mong Cai city’s People's Committee.

VOV.VN - As a major international border gate connecting China with Vietnam, trade activities at Dong Hung (Dongxing) border gate have rapidly recovered over recent times.

People and export goods going through border gates in Mong Cai city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, will no longer have to undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR testing from January 8, according to the city’s administration.

Delegations from Mong Cai city in the northern border province of Quang Ninh and China’s Dongxing city engaged in an online talk on March 17 to discuss issues related to customs clearance for goods at their border gates.

Over the past years, the northern province of Quang Ninh has been working to gradually establish itself as a “gateway” for cross-border trade between Vietnam and China, thus contributing to bilateral economic ties.