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Polluted canals in HCM City emit bad odors, affect residents' lives
HCM City has about 2,000 kilometers of drainage canals, but many are seriously polluted. The pollution comes not only from factories and industrial zones, but also from residents' littering.
HCM City to relocate 26,000 households living on canals
VietNamNet Bridge - Relocating 26,000 households and clearing the slums along canals is one of the seven key projects of the HCM City gentrification program.
Photo story: The man who cleans Saigon’s canal for free
VietNamNet Bridge - Over the last 30 years, Pham Van Tan, 75, has been clearing rubbish from the polluted Cau Me Canal in District 11, HCM City, every day.
With hundreds of millions USD, HCM City’s canals still prone pollution
After two years carrying out the program to reduce environmental pollution in canals and rivers in HCM City, the water of Saigon River and many canals has been improved but they are in danger of being polluted again.
Giant lotuses on Nhieu Loc Canal
Seven lotus-shaped lanterns of over 3 meters high, 5.5 meters in diameter have been released to the newly revived canal of Nhieu Loc in HCM City on the occasion of the Buddha's birthday.
