You have picked the two most difficult countries as your destinations - namely China and Vietnam. China requires that you have a government approved guide by your side all the way through the country, a government approved itinarary, sleep in only government approved hotels and so on. Its no room for deviation neither from the itinarary nor from the timeschedules. And it is - far from most peopke think - quite expensive to very expensive. China has had a economic growth of 10-15 % for many years and is not cheap.
I crossed China in an organised tour/group 1,5 years ago from Kyrgizstan to Laos so its doable, but its not cheap. Your best option is probably to find a group to join to share the expenses for guides, permits etc. Remember most chinese guides will beed your paperwork in their hands at least 3 months in advance so that they arrange all permits for you.
To get into Vietnam with a big foreign bike you need permits and probably best arranged to a touragency. There doesnt seem to be many persons who have done this so it doesnt seem an easy option.
There are ferries from V'vostok to Southern Korea and maybe to Japan too. But are there ferries from Japan to Taiwan? And from Taiwan to The Philippines??
And how on earth are you going to get from Philippines to Vietnam???
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