Lào Cai ( ) is a province of the mountainous Northwest region of Vietnam bordering the province of Yunnan in China. The province covers an area of about 6,364 km2 (2,457 sq mi) and as of 2023 it had a population of 781,103 people. With 181,019 people living in urban areas and 562,382 living in rural areas.
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Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately 394,000 km2 (152,000 sq mi) and has a population of 48.3 million. The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, autonomous regions of Guangxi and Tibet, as well as Southeast Asian countries Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. Yunnan is China's fourth least developed province based on disposable income per capita in 2014.
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