The Ministry of Transport has asked relevant offices to complete surface damage repairs of Hanoi's Thang Long Bridge by September.

Transport minister Nguyen Van The pledged to find the best method to repair the surface of Hanoi's Thang Long Bridge after multiple cracks and subsidence have developed but no long-term solution has been put forward.

Ha Noi’s Transport Department has asked the Ministry of Transport to fix cracks and subsidence that have reappeared on the surface of Thang Long Bridge over the last few months, threatening road safety.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang has rejected as "improper and wasteful" a proposal by the Viet Nam Road Administration to spend more than US$14 million for repairing the surface of Thang Long Bridge.