Ho Chi Minh City has the shape of a river city. However, urbanization and arbitrary construction has encroached on and gradually obscured the river.

Sai Gon River is a treasure and it’s time to act to awaken its potential, experts say.

HCM City has developed a plan to develop new riverside activities and economic services along the Saigon River in the 2020-2045 period.

HCM City’s administration has approved a policy of compensation and resettlement for households in a 4.3ha area located outside the original boundary of the Thu Thiem new urban area project in the city’s District 2.

Border guards of Ho Chi Minh City on May 2 morning rescued a US citizen in distress on the Saigon River.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the Department of Construction to set up inspection teams to ensure there is no encroachment on the Sai Gon River’s banks.

A number of projects located on the bank of the Saigon River in the second city could face the axe from next month after an inspection by Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee found that they violated building regulations.

Both local people and tourists across the country gathered at various city centres to create a wonderful atmosphere to welcome in the New Year.

At least 101 projects along the Saigon River in HCMC will be inspected by the competent municipal agencies to determine whether they have encroached on the river.

Saigon River in HCM City is facing serious pollution from plastic waste which has been swept into the river.

A workshop on the zoning and development of the banks of the Saigon River and inner-city rivers and canals has recently been held in HCMC, promising a turning point in the city’s in-depth cultural development.

Secretary of the HCM City Party Nguyen Thien Nhan said at a conference held on Tuesday that the city expects to outline a plan to build embankments and improve management of land along rivers and canals by the year-end.

The HCMC government plans to invite experienced international experts to get involved in the process of selecting designs for a pedestrian bridge linking District 1 and the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2 over the Saigon River.

River erosion and high tide have made great impact on dwellers’ lives and production; accordingly, HCM City authorities have drawn up embankment construction projects to regulate water level and drainage. 

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VietNamNet Bridge - Truong Trong Nghia, a NA Deputy, at the working session with the HCMC People’s Committee, warned that the two banks of Sai Gon River are being ‘privatized’.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Duong Province authorities on Monday fined Viet Huong 2 Industrial Park VND1.96 billion (US$86,300) for discharging untreated wastewater into the Sai Gon River.

The riverbed is becoming wider, while houses on the two banks are about to fall into the river due to serious erosion. Illegal sand exploitation has spoiled the environment, caused landslides, changing the current, and threatening waterway transport.