A river barely 100 metres wide kept a nation apart for over 20 years, while a bridge, neither high nor long, became a painful scar on the country’s map. That was the Ben Hai River and Hien Luong Bridge, where a heroic chapter of Vietnam’s history was written, a place where generations of patriots shed blood to see the nation reunified once more.
A flag-raising ceremony was solemnly held by the central province of Quang Tri at the Hien Luong – Ben Hai special national relic site on April 30 to mark the 48th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day, and 51st anniversary of Liberation of Quang Tri province (May 1, 1972-2023).
Quang Tri, which was the province capital of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) area, is located in the central region of Vietnam. The province preserves many remains from the US resistance war, which have become favourite destinations for many tourists, especially foreign ones.
Nearly 60 foreign passengers and crew members of the Panorama II cruiser arrived in Quang Tri on April 8 for a tour of the central province’s historical relic sites, once a fierce battlefield in Vietnam.
