On January 22, 2010, Mr Nguyen Thai Xay, Chairman of Ben Tre’s People’s Committee, signed into effect Decision No 03/2010/QĐ-UBND thereby promulgating new preferential policies for investment in the province. This Decision is deemed to replaced an earlier Decision signed by the People’s Committee on March 13, 2008, which contained regulations on the same area.

At 7:00pm on November 22, 2009, the Bridge Construction No 2 Corporation, one of the main contractors working on the Ham Luong Bridge construction site, held the ceremony to conjoin the middle span of the birdge. According to Mr Le Manh Hung, Chief Supervisor for the Ham Luong Bridge construction, about 90% of construction volume has been done. And the bridge is planned to be technically opened on the 50^th anniversary of Ben Tre Dong Khoi on January 17, 2010.