Ho Chi Minh City, Oct. 21 -- The main span of a pedestrian bridge over the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring a nipa palm leaf-shaped design and linking Bach Dang Wharf with the Thu Thiem New Urban Area, was joined on October 21. The structure weighs around 3,400 tonnes in total, comprising a 187-metre-long steel arch weighing 1,400 tonnes and a specialised supporting frame weighing 2,000 tonnes. After the span had been tugged to the construction site from Vung Tau, the joining operation began in the early hours of October 21 and is expected to be completed that afternoon. Funded by Nutifood Nutrition Food JSC, the project broke ground in late March 2025, with a total investment of nearly 1 trillion VND (38.6 million USD).

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