It was a tearful farewell at Friendship Gate in Pingxiang, southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, as 75 Vietnamese youth representatives hugged their Chinese counterparts and staff members of the receiving party. The visitors were set to return home after finishing a weeklong educational study tour of the region and the neighboring Guangdong province.

The group visited several of China's "Red tourism" sites — locations with historical and cultural significance for the Communist Party of China — in Guangxi, which borders Vietnam, and Guangdong.