"The day that the China-Vietnam border reopened, Chinese people rushed to escape the country," reads a post written in traditional Chinese published on Twitter on February 22, 2023.
The seven-second clip published along with the post appears to show people dashing across a square in front of a building and has been viewed more than 32,000 times.
Beijing's strict Covid-19 policy throughout the pandemic -- involving lockdowns, mandatory quarantines and mass testing -- kept the country essentially cut off from the rest of the world. AFP reported the policy has had a high impact on China's economy and triggered rare protests.
The claim circulated a day after the China-Vietnam border fully reopened to visitors and traders on February 21, 2023. The resumption was reported by Chinese government-run media here.
Earlier on January 8, as China lifted quarantine and reopened its borders, only citizens of the two neighbouring countries were able to return home, according to a Vietnamese local government announcement.
The video was also shared alongside similar false claims such as on Twitter here and here, and on US social media site Gettr here and here.
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