Hekou Border Town – Vietnam/China
May 18, 2009
A public service film about medicine, health, and hygiene, plays on a temporary screen in a park in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Elderly people play croquet in a sandy area of a public park in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
A large white dog walks along the streets of Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
People sit in a small park along the banks of the Honghe River in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border. The Honghe River is also known as Hong He or the Red River.
Sexual supplements and counterfeit viagra on display for sale in cases decorated with pictures of naked white women in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Workers wait in line at the border to take goods into Vietnam from Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
Young army recruits play soccer in a field in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
A war movie depicting fighting between China and Japan shows on a public screen in a park in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Workers wait in line at the border to take goods into Vietnam from Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
Men look onto a brothel with advertisements and posters showing naked women in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Hekou feels like a brand new town. On the border between Vietnam and China, the city has been relatively under-developed due to Yunnan Province's poor transportation infrastructure. Now, a new highway linking this border region to Kunming, the provincial capital, and thus also to the rest of China, steady import and export business will make the region grow quickly. No doubt this growth will be accompanied by a rise in drug and sex traffic, as well.