Workers were building the road to the pontoon bridge in Dong Ngac commune, Tu Liem district.

To go from this bank in Tu Liem to the other bank in Dong Anh district, vehicles will have to pass 600m pontoon bridge to the warp in the middle of the river, and then cross another 1000m pontoon.

Nearly 300 soldiers of brigades 239 and 249 were mobilised to work days and nights to build this pontoon.

The pontoon was tested on November 23. According to major general Duong Duc Hoa, commander of the Corps of Engineers, this is a modern pontoon, with tonnage of 60 tonnes.

The pontoon opens for traffic from 5am to 11pm so during this time, all waterway vehicles are banned.

According to transportation inspectors, around 250 cars went through the pontoon within the first two hours after it was opened for traffic.