The Hien Luong Bridge over the Ben Hai River, alos known as the Peace Bridge, at the Demili-tarized Zone in Quang Tri Province, which connects Xuan Hoa in Southern Vietnam with Hien Luong in Northern Vietnam.

Here, at the 17th Parallel, Vietnam was split as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accord (fig.). The country wasn't reunified until after North Vietna-mese victory in the Vietnam War in 1975.

The white line painted in the middle of the bridge, where the color of the balustrade changes from blue to yellow, is the exact border between the North and the South.

Located at the southern bank of the river, in straight line with the southern bridgehead, stands today the Unified Memorial of Hope (fig.), whereas on the northern side stands this memorial portal to Ho Chi Minh.

An inscription on this gateway reads Ho chu tich muon nam (Hồ chủ tịch muôn năm), i.e. ‘Long Live President Ho’. On the northern bank of the river is  also a flagpole memorial (fig.), located adjacent to the old United Nations Office Building, as well as a history museum (fig.), to the opposite of the road.