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Móng Cái

Also known as Mong Cai

Móng Cái is a city in Quảng Ninh province in north-eastern Vietnam, on the border with Dongxing in China's Guangxi region. A long-standing frontier market town, it was the centre of the Hải Ninh area, whose largely Nùng and Chinese-speaking population formed the French-backed Nùng Autonomous Territory from 1947 to 1954. It is now a major hub of cross-border trade.

Móng Cái
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Nung Autonomous Territory

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Móng Cái. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mong-cai
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