The river begins in China's Yunnan province. It flows generally southeast, passing through Dai minority areas before leaving China through Yunnan's Honghe Autonomous Prefecture. It enters Vietnam through Lao Cai province, and eventually passes by the eastern edge of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. Tonkin is located on the river delta. In colonial days, the French and other powers attempted to establish the Red River as a trading artery with China, with some success. The Black River is the Red River's chief tributary.
The Red River, between Honghe and Nansha in Yunnan province, China. (April, 2002.)
Vietnam is a poor, densely populated country that has had to recover from the ravages of war, the loss of financial support from the old Soviet Bloc, and the rigidities of a centrally planned economy.
Vietnam is highly supportive of bilateral and international cooperation to stem the flow of drugs into the country and sponsored two international conferences in Hanoi during the year.
Vietnam is a party to the 1962 UN Single Convention and its 1972 Protocol, the 1972 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 UN Drug Convention.
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