VIDEO. 'Looking down is scary': Vietnam inaugurates gigantic glass suspension bridge

A vertiginous bridge.

Vietnam inaugurated on Friday April 29 a brand new suspended glass footbridge, connecting two mountains.

Totally transparent, it gives passers-by the impression of walking in the void, 150 meters above a lush jungle.

" It's really awesome.

Walking on the bridge and looking down was scary at first, but then we continued with confidence, it's very amazing, "appreciates a visitor, between two selfies.

Baptized Bach Long, "white dragon in Vietnamese", the bridge is located in the province of Son La, in the northwest of Vietnam.

It winds along the face of a mountain before terminating in a suspension bridge that spans a spectacular valley, for a total length of 632 meters.

The base of the structure is made of French-made tempered glass and the deck can accommodate up to 450 people at a time.

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According to the operators, it is the longest glass-bottomed structure in the world, even taller than the Chinese bridge in Guangdong (526 meters).

Representatives of Guinness will soon validate, or not, the record.

"I hope that more tourists from the province and outside, even from abroad, will come here to discover this bridge in order to increase the income of investors and our province," said a visitor.

After two years of closure linked to Covid-19, Vietnam is once again seeking to attract foreign tourists.

In mid-March, the communist country ended quarantine for international visitors and reintroduced visa waivers for tourists from 13 countries, including France.