The second phase of a bridge building programme, which aims at building nearly 3,959 bridges in the remote areas of Vietnam, will be launched in August 2016. These bridges will be built in more than 5,200 communes in 450 districts of 50 provinces and cities with ethnic minorities.
Priority will be given to 63 impoverished districts. In the first phase, 2014-15, a total of 186 suspension bridges were built in 28 mountainous provinces in northern, central and central highlands areas.
The World Bank is also planning to lend $385 million (including interest) towards Phase II of the programme.