During the period of Partition of north and south Vietnam, a bridge was constructed across the Ben Hai River and was named as Hien Luong Bridge or popularly also known as Hien Luong Bridge. The bridge was built from steel by the French in 1950. Post partition, the bridge was painted in red in the northern side and yellow in the southern side respectively.

During the Vietnam war in 1967 the bridge of Ben Hai River was bombarded by the Americans during the Vietnam war in 1967. Later on after the Peace Accords an entirely new modern bridge was constructed just nest to the previous one and from the very olden days the Ben Hai River is very popular river of Vietnam.