My boyfriend and I tried to apply for our Chinese visas this morning at the consulate in HCMC. We were told that since July the visa office in HCMC can only issues Chinese visas if you can provide proof of a flight from HCMC to China. In addition to this the consulate in Hanoi will only issues visas to Vietnamese residents (we're British). We were planning to take the train from Hanoi across the border to Kunming (a reasonably popular traveling route) but this now seems impossible, as does using any other Vietnam-China land borders. Can anyone shed any light on this change in circumstances?
Thanks