Lying on the border line between China and Viet Nam, Mong Cai has been evaluated as an important strategy position of Quang Ninh province and the whole country in politics, economy, defence-security and foreign affair fields. Especially, in the economic co-operation betweem Viet Nam- China, Mong Cai has been specified as a poit of interference between 2 corridors and one belt in economy by the learder of the 2 Countries - Viet Nam and China.

In the recent years, with the attention from the Central, Quang Ninh Province, the party committee and people of Mong Cai Town has mustered up all sources to make contribution to develop Mong Cai Town in accordance with the industrialization and urbanization orientation. with the area of 520 square kilometres, including 17 administrative units (5 wards and 12 communes), population of 79.000 people, Mong Cai has a fast step forward, become one of the biggest Commercial - tourism - service - financial - international payment center of Quang Ninh Province and the whole country; the economic grew by an annual average rate of over 15%, the economic mechanism transfered in the right direction (Trade - tourism - service - industry - agriculture - forestry - fishery); the average per capita income reaches 1.000 USD/person/year; the financial service reaches 100 thousand billions/year (in 2006 alone, reached 99,8 thousand billions); the import-export turnover on an annual reaches 2 billion USD. Annually, the Town received over 2 million tourists. The well-functioning public facilities, technical infrastructure was invested. The aspect of the urban more and more spacious, brings the manner of a modern, civilized urban area.

To fulfil the goal become a border city before the year 2010, besides the inner force promotion, the Central and Quang Ninh province need to pay greater attention and create more favorable conditions to Mong Cai, especially in infrastructure and traffic system improving and human resources training./.