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HCMC peninsula embankment repair to cost $3.8M

HCMC peninsula embankment repair to cost $3.8M

The HCMC Department of Transport has announced plans to fix an eroded embankment along Thanh Da Canal in Binh Thanh District at a cost of VND90 billion (US$3.79 million).

Anti-erosion embankment around HCMC peninsula incomplete after 17 years

Anti-erosion embankment around HCMC peninsula incomplete after 17 years

A project to build an embankment along the Saigon River to protect Thanh Da Peninsula from erosion has been unfinished since work started in 2006.

Saigon canal bank keeps subsiding after embankment erosion

Saigon canal bank keeps subsiding after embankment erosion

A bank section along Thanh Da Canal in HCMC's Binh Thanh District has subsided by 1.78 cm per day in the past nine days after an embankment there was eroded.

July 21, 2023 | 12:08 am PT

Saigon houses on brink of collapse as anti-erosion project drags on

Saigon houses on brink of collapse as anti-erosion project drags on

Work that started in 2006 on an embankment along the Thanh Da Canal has yet to be finished, leaving many families living in fear of being swept away.

June 29, 2023 | 04:02 pm PT

Saigonese lose out to erosion, bureaucracy

Saigonese lose out to erosion, bureaucracy

Riverside dwellers in HCMC have lost both homes and land to erosion, yet talks over site clearance and compensation have stagnated.

May 16, 2020 | 06:33 pm PT

Erosion eats away at HCMC land mass

Erosion eats away at HCMC land mass

Erosion keeps swallowing chunk after chunk of Vietnam's southern metropolis, but its remedial and prevention work is yet to keep pace.

September 24, 2019 | 05:30 am PT

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