Vietnam's strange border with China 🇻🇳

🇻🇳 3 hours to the north of Ha Long lies a city called Mong Cai - a border city that is separated from China only by a river less than 500m across. This border is super strange, and really highlights the differences between China and Vietnam. On one side - the Vietnam side - people have access to the internet, including things such as Youtube and Facebook and Google, while just across the river, the majority of people don't even know what Youtube is. And yet they can see each other going about their daily lives. Having lived in Vietnam for the last 2.5 years, as well as studied and lived in China for almost 2 years, I know what life is like from both sides of the border, and this place truly gave me a somewhat surreal feeling as I recalled and compared my life on either side. Hope you enjoy the video and go on this emotional roller coaster with me.

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Subtitles made and translated by the awesome Loan. Check out her drawings on Instagram:   / lucielittlethings  
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