The beauty of the bridges along Vietnam

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Can Tho Bridge, Dragon Bridge, Da Nang or Hoang Van Thu Bridge, Hai Phong… bring majestic and fanciful beauty through the camera angle of Tran Minh Luong.

Tran Minh Luong (31 years old), a native of Thai Binh, is currently an electrical engineer in Can Tho, is a photography enthusiast, especially aerial photography. In the past three years, Minh Luong traveled around the region capturing beautiful scenes at tourist destinations with many themes, including the set of photos “Bridges along the length of Vietnam”.

Nhat Tan cable-stayed bridge shimmers at night, a highlight for the landscape of the Red River. The main bridge is 3.7 km long, connecting Phu Thuong, Tay Ho with Vinh Ngoc and Dong Anh, including 5 diamond-shaped cable posts. Inaugurated in 2015, this is one of the lifeblood bridges, helping to shorten the distance from Hanoi center to Noi Bai airport.

Hoang Van Thu Bridge is brilliant at night, without traffic, taken at 5 am on February 28, 2020. This is the most modern and beautiful bridge in Hai Phong, spanning the Cam River, connecting Minh Khai ward, Hong Bang district with Tan Duong commune, Thuy Nguyen district. The bridge has a total length of more than 1.5 km, of which the main bridge is an arch with a main span of 200 m, the largest span in Vietnam today.

To Hai Phong, in addition to crossing Hoang Van Thu bridge, visitors can explore attractive destinations such as Do Son beach, Cat Ba island, Lan Ha bay or Hon Dau island.

Bai Chay cable-stayed bridge has a length of 903 m, the main span of 435 m, connecting the two banks of Cua Luc Bay, Hon Gai and Bai Chay, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province. The bridge has been in use since 2006, creating favorable conditions for inner-city traffic in Ha Long City and connecting the entire National Highway 18A, the arterial traffic axis of the economic triangle of Hanoi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh, contributing to an important role in the socio-economic development of the Northeast region.

Truong Tien Bridge, along with Perfume River and Ngu Mountain, are considered symbols of Hue, shimmering with night lights on the night of the flower lantern festival June 30, 2019. Visitors to Hue can sit on a boat and admire the scenery along the banks of the Perfume River to the section of Truong Tien Bridge.

The people of Hue are familiar with the saying “Truong Tien Bridge has six spans, twelve spans”, but exactly the bridge has 6 spans and 12 spans linked together into 6 pairs. The bridge has a length of more than 400 m from two abutments, if, including the path, the length of Truong Tien is about 453 m, the width of the bridge is 6 m.

Da Nang is considered as the “city of bridges”, in which the Dragon Bridge with the architecture simulating a dragon of the Ly Dynasty strongly reaching out to the sea, is the most impressive and most visited bridge.

This bridge has a length of 666 m, crossing the Han River at Le Dinh Duong and Bach Dang roundabouts, shortening the way from Da Nang International Airport to the main streets and also the route to My Khe and Non Nuoc beaches.

Night of lanterns on Hoai River near An Hoi bridge, Quang Nam province on June 27, 2019. A Hoi Bridge connects Hoi An ancient town and Nguyen Phuc Chu street, for pedestrians, with ancient architecture, decorated with carp patterns and ancient patterns dating from the 16th century. Although not as famous as Covered Bridge, a symbol of Hoi An, An Hoi Bridge still has many visitors checking in because of its beautiful view of the surrounding landscape.

Can Tho is where Minh Luong works, so he has many photos of Tay Do land. On the image, the author recorded the scene of the moon rising on Can Tho bridge at 19:30 on September 3, 2020.

“Can Tho Bridge has a system of artistic LED lights that illuminate at fixed hours at night, so waiting for the bridge to light up at the same time as the moon rises is a great moment. That day, I rode a motorbike 2 km from Ninh Kieu wharf to take pictures, seeing that it was still windy, I should use an 8-second exposure drone to capture the full moment of enchanting light on the bridge, “said Minh Luong.

On another occasion, he took pictures of Can Tho Bridge shimmering in the sunset. Can Tho cable-stayed bridge was completed in 2010, with a total length of 15.85 km, of which the main bridge is 2.75 km long. This is one of the famous symbols of Tay Do, spanning the Hau River, connecting the two provinces of Can Tho and Vinh Long.

The pedestrian bridge at Ninh Kieu wharf area, connecting Hai Ba Trung pedestrian street is a tourist highlight for Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city. This bridge is 199 m long, curved in the shape of an S, with an extended body to build two lotus petals.

After seeing Can Tho bridge, walking Ninh Kieu bridge, visitors have the opportunity to visit other destinations of Tay Do lands such as Cai Rang floating market, Binh Thuy ancient house, My Khanh fruit garden or Truc Lam Phuong Zen Monastery. Male.

Vam Cong Bridge at dawn when the lighting system on the bridge has not turned off. This cable-stayed bridge was inaugurated in May 2019, with a total length of 2.97 km, of which the cross-river bridge is 870 m long, connecting the banks of Hau river between Thot Not district, Can Tho city and Lap Vo district, province Dong Thap, contributing to completing the transport network and developing the economy and tourism in the Mekong Delta.

“The above photo set is an incomplete piece of modern, famous and ancient bridges along the length of Vietnam. I will continue my photography journey to complete the set of photos when Covid-19 is over. Vietnam still has many destinations and modern works waiting for tourists to discover,” Minh Luong shared. Follow vnexpress

Photo: Tran Minh Luong

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