The road to Mong Cai is being widened, as is that to another border post in the northwest.

ECONOMIST: Competition breeds contempt

In Mong Cai, a hotel and casino caters exclusively to gamblers from across the border (Vietnamese are barred from such decadent pastimes).

ECONOMIST: Competition breeds contempt

Police in Mong Cai in northern Vietnam asked their counterpart in Dongxing to assist investigating a cross-border prostitution ring on May 29, after being tipped-off by an abducted woman, the China News Service reported.

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