Hekou

The Hekou Yao Autonomous County (Chinese: 河口瑶族自治县; pinyin: Hékǒu Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county in the southern part of the Yunnan province of China. It is part of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture and borders the northern Vietnamese town of Lao Cai. There are bus route to all destinations within Yunnan, including a overnight sleeper service from Kunming. More destinations can be reached by transfer in Mengzi. There is a high... more

The Hekou Yao Autonomous County (Chinese: 河口瑶族自治县; pinyin: Hékǒu Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county in the southern part of the Yunnan province of China. It is part of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture and borders the northern Vietnamese town of Lao Cai. There are bus route to all destinations within Yunnan, including a overnight sleeper service from Kunming. More destinations can be reached by transfer in Mengzi. There is a highway linking Xinjie, a town in Hekou County, with Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam. It opened in February 2008 and marked the completion of the first highway linking Yunnan with a neighboring country from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The 56.3 kilometer, 3.58 billion yuan Xinhe highway is one of the numerous infrastructure projects that will increase connectivity between Yunnan and ASEAN and facilitate the transport of people and goods between the two regions, which are expecting to see a major increase in tourism and... less