More than 100 documents, including sketches and images of the bridge that were taken from 1898 to 1975, are on display at an on-going exhibition at the National Archives Centre 1 in Hà Nội.

Visitors enjoy photos of the Long Biên Bridge that were taken by Vietnamese and foreign photographers at the exhibition ‘Long Biên Bridge – The Eyewitness of History’. — Photo dangcongsan.vn

Among the documents and images are on display, some are on loan from the French Overseas National Archives (ANOM).

A photo is on display at the exhibition. — Photo courtesy of the National Archives Centre 1

Visitors can enjoy the exhibition which has been set up following three major contents: The Bridge Was Built from a Crazy Idea, By the Long Biên Bridge, and Memory of the Long Biên Bridge.

Alongside the old documents and images, the exhibition was also enriched by photographs that were taken by Vietnamese and foreign photographers.

To create a lively and diversified displaying space, the organisers also set up a small model of the Long Biên Bridge as the background for anyone who are interested in photography. Alongside, junior visitors can present their art ability by drawing paintings at a creative corner.

“It also conveys the common memories of Việt Nam-France history,” he said. “Therefore, the organisation of this exhibition is to present comprehensively to the public the image of Long Biên Bridge throughout the length of history.”

The exhibition is to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the iconic bridge. — Photo cand.com.vn

The construction of the first steel bridge in Việt Nam was the fourth-largest and the second-longest of its kind in the world at the time, after the Brooklyn Bridge in the US.

The exhibition Long Biên Bridge – The Eyewitness of History opens until mid-June of 2023. — VNS