Vietnam Bridges: Famous Bridges Worth Seeing by Route

If you are looking for famous bridges in Vietnam, the useful way to plan them is by route—not by collecting a long national checklist. Hanoi gives you historic Long Biên and modern Nhật Tân; Da Nang has the country’s strongest bridge cluster with Golden Bridge, Dragon Bridge and Hàn River Bridge; Hội An’s Japanese Covered Bridge is a heritage stop; Huế has Trường Tiền; and Phú Quốc’s Kiss Bridge is a purpose-built sunset attraction.

This page compares the bridges that are genuinely useful to a traveller. It does not try to compete with the deeper destination guides for Ba Na Hills, Hội An or Phú Quốc, and it separates bridges worth visiting from major infrastructure bridges you may simply cross on the way.

Vietnam’s bridge landmarks range from historic steel crossings to pedestrian attractions and modern city icons.

Which Vietnam bridges are actually worth adding to a trip?

Hanoi bridges: history versus modern skyline

Long Biên Bridge: choose it for Hanoi history

Long Biên is the Hanoi bridge we would deliberately visit. It was built around the turn of the 20th century across the Red River and became one of the city’s most recognisable historic structures.

One correction matters because it is repeated widely online: Long Biên should not simply be described as “designed by Gustave Eiffel”. Hanoi tourism and planning sources identify the French firm Daydé & Pillé with the bridge’s design/construction history. The bridge is visually associated with the great steel-engineering era, but the direct Eiffel attribution oversimplifies the record.

Visit for the steel structure, river views and the relationship between old Hanoi and the Red River. Treat it as a living transport structure, not a closed tourist platform: stay within permitted pedestrian areas and follow current access conditions.

Nhật Tân Bridge: a bridge you normally experience in transit

Nhật Tân is a modern cable-stayed Red River crossing and one of the visual markers of contemporary Hanoi. For most visitors, it makes more sense as part of the airport/city route or an evening skyline view than as a standalone attraction.

If your search is specifically for “Hanoi bridges”, the useful contrast is simple: Long Biên for history; Nhật Tân for the modern city.

Da Nang: the strongest bridge city for a traveller

Da Nang is where bridges become part of the sightseeing plan rather than just infrastructure. Golden Bridge, Dragon Bridge and Hàn River Bridge solve three different intents, so we would not treat them as interchangeable.

Golden Bridge: visit it as part of Ba Na Hills

Golden Bridge is the pedestrian bridge held by two giant sculpted hands high in the Ba Na Hills complex. The key planning point is location: this is not a city-centre Da Nang bridge. You reach it through the Ba Na Hills attraction and cable-car system.

If Golden Bridge is a priority, plan the full attraction with our Ba Na Hills guide. That page handles current ticket structure, Fantasy Park, timing and the one-day route.

Dragon Bridge: choose it for the fire-and-water show

Dragon Bridge is the Da Nang bridge we would time deliberately. Current Da Nang tourism guidance lists the fire-and-water show at 9:00 PM on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, as well as major holidays. Special-event schedules can change, so verify the city tourism calendar for the actual weekend you visit.

Do not stand in the spray zone unless you are happy to get wet. For a wider evening rather than a single bridge stop, continue to our Things to Do in Da Nang guide.

Hàn River Bridge: the late-night rotating bridge

Hàn River Bridge is historically important to modern Da Nang and is known for its rotating central section. Current city tourism information still lists weekend rotation/opening activity late at night, but the exact schedule is more date-sensitive than Dragon Bridge’s regular show.

We would only wait for the rotation if you are already enjoying the riverfront late at night. It is not worth sacrificing the rest of the Da Nang evening simply to collect another bridge.

Japanese Covered Bridge: part of Hoi An Old Town, not a separate excursion

The Japanese Covered Bridge is one of Hội An’s defining heritage landmarks and reflects the trading-town connections between Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese communities. It has also undergone major restoration in recent years; current 2026 Hội An heritage material refers to the bridge as recently restored.

We would see it while walking the Old Town rather than build a separate itinerary around it. For the wider day, use our Things to Do in Hoi An guide.

Trường Tiền Bridge: Hue’s riverfront landmark

Trường Tiền Bridge crosses the Perfume River in central Huế and works best as part of the city’s evening or riverfront sequence. It is not a “theme attraction”; its value is the connection between the historic city, the river and modern Huế.

If Huế is already in your Central Vietnam route, you will naturally encounter the bridge. Do not add Huế solely for it.

Kiss Bridge: a Phu Quoc sunset attraction

Kiss Bridge in Sunset Town is very different from the historic and transport bridges above. It was designed as a visitor attraction: two walkways approach each other over the sea but do not meet, creating the visual “kiss” gap and sunset composition.

Use our Kiss Bridge Phu Quoc guide for the current visit context. We would combine it with a south-island / Sunset Town evening rather than cross Phu Quoc only for a bridge photo.

Bạch Long Glass Bridge: only when Moc Chau is already in the route

Bạch Long is a glass-floor attraction in the Moc Chau area, built for the height-and-view experience rather than transport. It can be fun for travellers who actively enjoy glass bridges, but it is too far from the standard Hanoi–Ninh Bình–Ha Long sequence to add casually.

The decision is simple: visit because you want Moc Chau and the glass-bridge experience, not because a national “top bridges” list says you must see it.

Infrastructure bridges you may notice without making them sightseeing stops

Several major bridges tell an important engineering story but do not need dedicated tourist time. We keep them here for context rather than pretending every famous structure is a must-visit attraction.

Phú Mỹ Bridge, Ho Chi Minh City

Phú Mỹ is a major cable-stayed crossing in Ho Chi Minh City and part of the city’s modern transport network. For most travellers it is something you see or cross, not an attraction to route a day around.

Cần Thơ Bridge, Mekong Delta

Cần Thơ Bridge is one of the defining large river crossings of the Mekong Delta. Its scale makes sense when you are already travelling through the region, especially toward Cần Thơ and the Hậu River.

Mỹ Thuận Bridge

Mỹ Thuận marked an important stage in Vietnam’s modern cable-stayed bridge development and international infrastructure cooperation. Today it is better understood as part of the Delta’s transport evolution than as a sightseeing stop.

Rạch Miễu Bridge

Rạch Miễu is another major Mekong Delta crossing. Its travel value is functional: it changes how road routes move through the Delta. If the trip is about river culture rather than infrastructure, spend your time on the destination itself.

Major transport bridges matter to how Vietnam moves, but they do not all need to become sightseeing stops.

How to fit famous bridges into a Vietnam itinerary

Which bridge would we prioritise?

For architecture and photography, Golden Bridge is the most distinctive—but only if Ba Na Hills itself fits the trip. For a city evening, Dragon Bridge is easier to build into Da Nang. For history, Long Biên gives more context than a modern infrastructure crossing. And for Hội An, the Japanese Covered Bridge belongs naturally inside the Old Town rather than as a standalone attraction.

That is the main planning rule for Vietnam bridges: let the destination choose the bridge, not the other way around.