The Hanoi Department of Transport in Vietnam has reported government's plans to develop a new Duong Bridge (Duong Bridge No 2) over Hanoi's Duong River. The project is part of already approved capital’s transport master plan. The existing bridge over Duong river has vertical clearance of 2.5m but to facilitate waterway traffic and to ensure traffic safety the bridge’s vertical clearance must be up to 9.5m.

The Ministry has proposed two optional plans for a new bridge, aiming to reduce traffic on the existing Duong Bridge. The first option is to build a new railway bridge at the preferable location of Yen Vien-Ngoc Hoi urban railway project, this plan will solve the verticle clearance issue as well as provide design of the future railway. The second option is to increase the existing Duong Bridge's vertical clearance and build a new road bridge about 100m from the existing bridge.

The expected investment for the project is VND 1.2 trillion (US$ 51.7 million). The bridge is planned to be built under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.