The three routes are Kunming-Hekou checkpoint, the Lao Cai checkpoint, Hanoi-Haiphong, the Nanning-Youyi checkpoint, Friendship checkpoint, Hanoi and Shenzhen-Youyi checkpoint as well as the Friendship checkpoint to Hanoi.
China`s Guangxi Autonomous Region shares a 1,020-kilometre border with Vietnam. From 1999 to 2010, Guangxi had opened 26 international routes, 13 for passenger and 13 for cargo.