China becomes hot destination for Vietnamese students

HANOI - A Vietnamese girl in a white dress stepped out of the Chinese Embassy with her oval face brightened in the early summer sunlight.

Le Phuong Thao, 24, completed procedures to apply for a student visa to study in China in the coming autumn.

"I am lucky. I queued up here from 7 am this morning. Too many applicants are still waiting outside the embassy," Thao told Xinhua, pointing to dozens of people standing in long lines along the embassy's front wall.