Photos of Hanoi Red River bridge

Hanoi capital has two famous bridges, those are Long Bien bridge and The Huc bridge. The Huc bridge  in other name is called Hanoi Red Bridge and other name of Long Bien bridge is Hanoi Red River bridge.

Hanoi Red River bridge in the sunset. Photo: Xuan Phong

Each of bridge has a history of its own, and their similarities that have a very longstanding history.

Perhaps you do not need to remember alot. You can just know this is the first steel bridge across the Red River in Hanoi, and was built in Vietnam's French colonial period (1898-1902). Originally, the bridge was named Doumer, named after Governor General of Indochina, Paul Doumer.

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