Jinshuihe / Ma Lu Thang Border between China and Vietnam

Located the southern most of Jinping County(金平县), Honghe Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China, Jinshuihe Border Port(金水河口岸) in Jinshuihe Town (金水河镇) is an national level port bt Chinese gorvernment. It faces to Ma Lu Thang border gate in the northern upland province of Lai Chau in Vietnam.

The Ma Lu Thang border gate in the northern upland province of Lai Chau has been upgraded to an international border gate, said a representative of the provincial government yesterday, July 27.
Once the Covid situation in China is brought under control, the authorities of the two sides will organize a ceremony to announce the upgradation of the Ma Lu Thang (Vietnam)-Jinshuihe (China’s Yunnan Province) border gate pair into an international one.

This means citizens, commodities and vehicles from other countries will be allowed to travel through the Ma Lu Thang-Jinshuihe border gate pair.On June 16 this year, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China passed a plan to upgrade the Jinshuihe border gate in Yunnan to an international one. Earlier, due to the impact of the pandemic, import-export activities through this border gate pair were suspended for a long time until May this year.