CoronavirusCoronavirus fears haunt Vietnam and Myanmar border towns
Communities reeling from lack of Chinese visitors race to protect themselves
Vietnamese porters carry goods from China in the border city of Mong Cai in 2018. The coronavirus crisis is reverberating in this and other border towns. © Reuters
TOMOYA ONISHI and YUICHI NITTA, Nikkei staff writers
January 29, 2020 13:23 JST
HANOI/YANGON -- Truong Phan cannot tear himself away from news of the coronavirus outbreak for long. "I keep checking the situation every hour," said the owner of a small trading company in Vietnam's northern city of Mong Cai, on the border with China.