Philips Electronics Vietnam Ltd. Company has submitted Rong (Dragon) Brigde lighting project at an estimated cost of VND30 billion ($1.4 million) to Da Nang authorities for consideration and approval.
According to the project, around 15,000 LED lights will provide effects on demand for the city’s political and cultural events taking place on the bridge.
Plus, the company has also proposed to make the dragon bridge ‘breathe fire’. LPG gas or DO would be used to fuel the dragon. According to experts, the ‘fire-breathing dragon’ will cost VND5 million ($240) to VND7.7 million ($370) per night, depending on the types of fuel.
The “Dragon’ is expected to ‘breath fire’ at 10:00pm every Saturday and Sunday when the bridge is completed on March, 2013 to mark the city’s 38th anniversary of its liberation.
UK-based architecture firms Louis Berger Group and Ammann & Whitney have been selected to design the bridge, roadways, and the public plazas and squares on each side.