STORY: Story of Vietnamese: working across borders
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 10, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 11, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:39
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Dongxing City, China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
2. Voice of Vo Th Thanh Tam, Vietnamese salesperson
3. Voice of Nguyen Th Bang, Vietnamese shop owner
4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NGUYEN TH BANG, Vietnamese shop owner
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): VO TH THANH TAM, Vietnamese salesperson

STORYLINE:

For Vo Th Thanh Tam, going back and forth between Vietnam and China is her daily routine.

She is a salesperson working at a shop selling Vietnamese products in Dongxing City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Voice of Vo Th Thanh Tam, Vietnamese salesperson
"I come here for work at 9 a.m. every day and usually go back home to Vietnam at 6 p.m. It takes about 15 minutes from the customs in China to my home."

Dongxing is located on the China-Vietnam border and just across from the Vietnamese city of Mong Cai, Vo Th Thanh Tam's hometown.

By December 3, the border port in Dongxing saw more than 4.4 million cross-border travels between China and Vietnam this year.

Nguyen Th Bang is also a Mong Cai native who works in Dongxing.

She was Vo Th Thanh Tam's colleague.

After discovering a business opportunity in Dongxing, she now has her own shop.

Voice of Nguyen Th Bang, Vietnamese shop owner
"I feel that Vietnamese products are popular here. Many people like to buy our products. That's why I decided to open a shop."

Although there are still about two months away from the Spring Festival, both Vo Th Thanh Tam and Nguyen Th Bang are busy preparing for it.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NGUYEN TH BANG, Vietnamese shop owner
"Our market is open during the Spring Festival."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): VO TH THANH TAM, Vietnamese salesperson
"We have been stocking Vietnamese cashews, nuts, coffee, and dried mango. We need to prepare more."

As a railway linking Dongxing and Fangchenggang in Guangxi is expected to be put into operation soon, they hope they can sell Vietnamese products to more Chinese cities in the future.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China.
(XHTV)