Móng Cái

Móng Cái (, /mong:gaai:si/) is a city in Quảng Ninh province in Northeast Vietnam.

History

Its name Móng Cái (硭街市, /mong:gaai/) originated from Cantonese language, meaning "the mong market". It generalized the situation of the population in this beach in the Middle Ages, when the groups Nùng, Tày and especially Tanka lived together.

Located on the Sino–Vietnamese frontier, Móng Cái sits on the Southern bank of Beilun River across from Dongxing city of China's Guangxi Autonomous Region. It had a population of about 108,553 in 2019. One of these areas is the Trần Phúc ward.

Geography

Currently, Móng Cái City is divided into :
*7 wards : Bình Ngọc, Hải Hòa, Hải Yên, Ka Long, Ninh Dương, Trấn Phúc.
*9 communes : Bắc Sơn, Hải Tiến, Hải Đông, Hải Sơn, Hải Xuân, Quảng Nghĩa, Vạn Ninh, Vĩnh Thực, Vĩnh Trung.

Topography

Móng Cái covers an area of 519,28 km².

Demography

As of 2019, Móng Cái had a population of 108,553.

Climate

Culture

Language

Due to its proximity to the China-Vietnam border, many languages are spoken in Móng Cái. In addition to the native Vietnamese language, Cantonese is widely spoken in the Center Market and English is becoming the second language of the younger generation. Mandarin Chinese is also spoken here, especially in commercial areas.

Tourism

The nearby Trà Cổ Beach of Móng Cái attracts many Vietnamese tourists who come every year from Hanoi or Haiphong. With two five-star hotels and a large number of private hotels and guesthouses, Móng Cái is able to provide more than adequate lodging for many tourists.

The city is home to a walking street night market in the Trấn Phúc urban district of the city closest to the border with China. It is also home to several daily open markets where products from China are sold wholesale and to tourists. Many of the cities merchants are from China and usually start business in the morning and return to their homes across the border in the late afternoon. The city can get quite crowded around major holidays such as the May 1st and Independence Day long weekends.

The city is famous for its seafood and many of these restaurants line the streets of the city.

The Sa Vĩ cape near the city is one of the extremes of the Vietnamese frontier. It is possible to look out from the point and easily see the Chinese mainland on the other side.

Economy

The volume of trade between Vietnam and China through the Móng Cái border gate reached US$2.4 billion and 4.1 billion in 2007 and 2008 respectively, the highest among the Vietnam-China border crossings. The cash flow via the banks located in Móng Cái was VND180,469 billion (US$11 billion). The volume of trade is increasing significantly year by year. In particular, counting up to the end of March 2008, the volume of trade reached 720 Million which an increase of 82% from the same period of the previous year. The tax revenue of Móng Cái in 2008 was more than 1,700 billion VND (nearly US$100 million) equal to 150% to the year of 2007 result in the fact that Móng Cái is only district level area in northern Vietnam has tax revenue more than 1,000 billion and rank third in the whole nation.

Regarding urbanization, Móng Cái is classified as a Class-II Provincial City as of 2008. Móng Cái is known as "Market City" because of its six big markets located in the city center.

See also

*Cẩm Phả
* Đông Hưng
*Hạ Long

Notes and references

Notes

References

Further reading

Bibliography

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*George Coedes. ''The Making of South East Asia'', 2nd ed. University of California Press, 1983.
* Trần Ngọc Thêm. ''Cơ sở văn hóa Việt Nam'' (The Foundation of Vietnamese Culture), 504 pages. Publishing by Nhà xuất bản Đại học Tổng hợp TPHCM. Saigon, Vietnam, 1995.
* Trần Quốc Vượng, Tô Ngọc Thanh, Nguyễn Chí Bền, Lâm Mỹ Dung, Trần Thúy Anh.
Cơ sở văn hóa Việt Nam
' (The Basis of Vietnamese Culture), 292 pages. Re-publishing by Nhà xuất bản Giáo Dục Việt Nam & Quảng Nam Printing Co-Ltd. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2006.
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*''Tập bản đồ hành chính Việt Nam'' (Vietnamese administrative maps), Nhà xuất bản Tài nguyên – Môi trường và Bản đồ Việt Nam, Hà Nội, 2013.
* Li Tana (2011). ''Jiaozhi (Giao Chỉ) in the Han period Tongking Gulf''. In Cooke, Nola ; Li Tana ; Anderson, James A. (eds.). The Tongking Gulf Through History. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 39–44. ISBN 9780812205022.
* Li Tana,
Towards an environmental history of the eastern Red River Delta, Vietnam, c.900–1400
', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014.
* Samuel Baron, Christoforo Borri, Olga Dror, Keith W. Taylor (2018). ''Views of Seventeenth-Century Vietnam : Christoforo Borri on Cochinchina and Samuel Baron on Tonkin''. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-501-72090-1.

External links

Moncay City : The bright picture in Vietnamese economy
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Populated places in Quảng Ninh province
Districts of Quảng Ninh province
Cities in Vietnam
China–Vietnam border crossings