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HCM City prepares for emergency

 VietNamNet Bridge – City authorities are planning several emergency response scenarios in case the main dam of the Dau Tieng Irrigation Reservoir in southwestern Tay Ninh Province collapsed or if the reservoir discharged too much water.

Landslides causing havoc along Saigon River in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, both sides of the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City have perennially faced landslides while efforts to curb this devastation have been either too slow or else negligible.

Saigon Tourist opens seven new river tours in HCMC

 Saigon Tourist Travel Company has just announced the opening of seven new river tours that will take tourists around Ho Chi Minh City via canals and rivers.

Old couple saved more than 200 people

 VietNamNet Bridge - 36 years living on Sai Gon River, Mr. Ba Chuc has become the archenemy of Death by saving 200 people.

Industrial wastewater fee to hike from July

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new Decree drawn by the Ministry of Environment will take effect from July 1 in which industrial wastewater fee will hike by ten times, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Environment.

The different looks of the Saigon riverbanks

District 1 is brilliant at night with skylines buildings, while the District 2 riverside is deserted, dilapidated though land for the urban project which is expected be the most beautiful in Southeast Asia has been cleared.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau to have four more seaports active this year

Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province’s Department of Transport has said four more seaport projects, namely Vung Tau Petro, Cai Mep-Thi Vai International, SSIT and the first phase of Gemalink, will be operational this year.

Flower market on Saigon riverside

VietNamNet Bridge – Flowers are transported by boat from the southwestern provinces to the Binh Dong wharf, Saigon River, to serve Saigonees this Tet.

Along the Saigon River

The VIP speed boat eventually glided into the wharf, it was forty-five minutes late, and we had been waiting impatiently  for it to arrive so that we could begin our journey along the Saigon River to the Cu Chi tunnel historical site.