STORY: Vietnamese tourists flock to China through Hekou Port during Spring Festival holiday
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2025
LENGTH: 00:00:39
LOCATION: HONGHE, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Hekou Port in southwest China's Yunnan Province
2. various of tourists
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NGUYEN QUANG DUY, Vietnamese tour guide
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG RUIJUN, Border police officer at Hekou Port
5. various of tourists passing through the Hekou Port
6. tourists getting on a tourist bus

STORYLINE:

During the Spring Festival holiday, Hekou Port in southwest China's Yunnan Province saw a significant increase in inbound traffic.

Hekou Port is the largest land port on the Yunnan section of the China-Vietnam border.

Many Vietnamese tourists entered China through Hekou Port, heading to various destinations across the country.

By 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, a total of 124 cross-border tour groups, with 2,347 individuals, had entered China through Hekou Port on that day alone.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NGUYEN QUANG DUY, Vietnamese tour guide
"Vietnam has an 8-day holiday during the Spring Festival. Our tour group consists of 40 people, and our itinerary is a total of 6 days and 5 nights, visiting cities such as Hekou, Kunming, Lijiang, Dali, and Shangri-La."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG RUIJUN, Border police officer at Hekou Port
"Starting from the second day of the Chinese New Year, Hekou Port experienced a peak in inbound traffic. The number of travelers entering and exiting is expected to exceed 70,000 during the Spring Festival holiday."
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Honghe, China.
(XHTV)