The bridge is located in Cao Tan commune – a remote hamlet of Pac Nam district, Bac Kan province. After one week of construction, Pjao suspension bridge is completed under the fierce joy of local people.
Pjao hamlet’s bridge
Bridge’s dimension is 1.5 x 30m. Pjao hamlet’s bridge belongs to construction project of 186 residential suspension bridge to assure traffic safety in 28 mountainous provines of Northern, Central and Highland area according to Decision No. 2356/QĐ-TTg on 04/12/2013 of the Prime Minister
PJAO residential suspension bridge is built with modern design; the minimum lifetime is 25 years – which assures that motorbike, non-motorized vehicle and pedestrians can transport easily. The bridge will play an important role in improving living standards of local people.
+ In terms of living standards and economy: the residents are able to travel, transport, and trade goods to the most remote and secluded villages and hamlets that were used to be isolated during flood season by more modern means like motorbikes (before they had to walk and carry goods).
+ For cultural matter: Thanks to the suspension bridges, people from villages and hamlets who
used to have isolated lives or who only know each other at shifted-markets can often interact and
create a wide community connection. Books, newspapers, cultural products have been more
regularly taken to remote villages, making people's knowledge of the society and the policy of the Party and the Government increasingly improved. People in remote areas have easier access to and participate in cultural community activities to improve the solidarity among ethnic groups.
+ Regarding the medical aspect: Doctors can easily access people living in villages that are remote, secluded and often isolated during the rainy season for medical examination and treatment. Patients suffering from fatal diseases, and pregnant women during birth-giving time can be promptly brought to clinics, and hospitals for treatment, avoiding the state of losing their life due to lack of transferring roads and vehicles transport.
+ Regarding education: Thanks to the suspension bridge, the pupils were able to go to school, not having to miss school in the rainy season; the teachers were able to go to school more conveniently. They could arrive the students' houses to visit, care for and support their study.
