Km3+4 Hai Yen pontoon bridge, Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province (Vietnam) is a trade route with Dongxing city, Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi province (China).
This is an important agricultural import and export point from Vietnam to the Chinese market and the Northeast Asian region.
To ensure safety against storm No. 3, from September 7, border gates and openings in Mong Cai City have temporarily stopped operating, including the opening of the Km3+4 Hai Yen Pontoon Bridge.
After storm No. 3, on September 8, import-export and immigration activities through border gates and openings in Mong Cai City returned to normal, but due to rising floodwaters on the Ka Long border river, import-export activities through the opening of the Km3+4 Hai Yen pontoon bridge were still temporarily suspended.
On the other hand, the strong flood water caused the pontoon bridge to be out of alignment and had to stop operating until now.
To ensure import-export activities return to normal, on the morning of September 12, Thanh Dat Joint Stock Company (Mong Cai City) coordinated with Chinese enterprises to fix the problem of the Km3+4 Hai Yen bridge being out of span.
A representative of the Mong Cai International Border Gate Management Board said: Currently, 2 businesses are using cranes and excavators to pull the drifting pontoon bridge back to its original position. According to the schedule set for September 13, the problem of the bridge being out of alignment will be fixed. Once the repair is complete, import and export activities through the Km3+4 Hai Yen Pontoon Bridge Opening will return to normal.
