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China reopens Vietnam border after Covid-19 caution disrupts trade

People line up in the rain at a nucleic acid testing site following cases of the coronavirus disease in Dongxing, a border city with Vietnam, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, on Dec 27, 2021. China reopened this border gate with Vietnam on Monday. (Reuters photo)

HONG KONG: China has reopened a busy checkpoint on its border with Vietnam after a three-week closure over Covid-19 concerns, which had left thousands of trucks stranded and drawn criticism from Hanoi.

Cargo and traveller clearance in the coastal border city of Dongxing – bordering Mong Cai in Vietnam – resumed on Monday, the local pandemic control office said. It added that China still required arrivals from Vietnam to show a vaccination certificate and a negative Covid-19 test result from within the previous seven days.

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