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Rumbling trucks, busy border crossing: How China feeds Vietnam’s factory boom

In the longer term, the ASEAN nation aspires to become more than an assembly hub.

/This aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2023 shows a view of the port of the Friendship Pass in Pingxiang, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

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