page_title: China–Vietnam border
section_title: Land border
hierarchical_section_title: China–Vietnam border / Land border
caption_attribution_description: English: Bằng River and Kỳ Cùng River of Việt Nam Tiếng Việt: Sông Bằng (Bằng Giang) và sông Kỳ Cùng
context_page_description: The border between China and Vietnam consists of a terrestrial border in southern China and northern Vietnam, and a maritime border in Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea.
  While disputes over the terrestrial border have been largely settled with the signing of a land boundary treaty between the two countries, the maritime border is currently been undefined due to disputes over the ownership of islands, territorial waters, including over the Spratly and Paracel Islands, and territorial waters.
context_section_description: The terrestrial border stretches about 1,444 km from the China-Laos-Vietnam tripoint on the peak of the Shiceng Dashan peak in the west to the mouth of the Beilun/Ka Long River near the Chinese city of Dongxing and the Vietnamese city of Móng Cái in the east. The border passes through isolated mountainous areas inhabited by ethnic minorities of both China and Vietnam.
  In several areas, the land border between the two countries runs along rivers. In particular, the border follows the Red River on its section from the mouth of the Longbao River (near Wudaokou village in Hekou County) to the mouth of the Nanxi River (between downtown Hekou and Lào Cai). The lower sections of the Longbao and Nanxi are border rivers as well.
caption: China–Vietnam border rivers
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