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The Saigon River (Vietnamese: Sông Sài Gòn) is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and southeast for about 230 km (140 mi) and empties into the Nhà Bè River, which in its turn empties into the South China Sea some 20 km (12 mi) northeast of the Mekong Delta.
The place where is the park now was a boat quay, then ferry terminal, when there still not have any bridge or tunnel cross Saigon River to connect with Thủ Thiêm, it helps transit people from the downtown to Thủ Thiêm and backwards which is called as Thủ Thiêm Quay (Bến Thủ Thiêm) or the "Sea Almond Quay" (Bến Cây Bàng) as there is a big Terminalia catappa tree near there ...
The Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Channel (Vietnamese: Kênh Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè) is a waterway in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [1] [2] The 9 km (6-mile) long canal passes through the districts of 1, 3, Phú Nhuận, Tân Bình and Bình Thạnh and flows into the confluence of Văn Thánh Canal and Saigon River at where used to be the Saigon Naval Shipyard.
According to scholar Pétrus Ký, the waterfront area at the end of rue Catinat was once called Bến Ngự (translating to "royal wharf"), the royal landing stage. He also revealed that it was known in Khmer as Compong-luong, [3] which suggests that its history may date back to the 17th century, when Saigon was still the Cambodian settlement of Prey Nokor.
Since its construction, the number of fish species in the lake has increased by 14 compared to the upstream Saigon River, with 33 new species appearing and 19 species disappearing. The vanished aquatic species include climbing perch, fire snakehead, gourami , barred mystus , herring , giant gourami , and notably, giant freshwater prawn .
Life Songs No. 2 (1938) Selections from Life songs No. 2 (1942) Junior hymns for juniors in church, Sunday school, and Summer Bible school (1947) [618] [619] Handbook to The Mennonite Hymnary, by Lester Hostetler (1949) [620] Collection of Hymns Designed for the use of the Church of Christ by the Reformed Mennonite Church (1949) [621] [622]
The Saigon River Tunnel, more popular in Vietnam as the Thu Thiem Tunnel is an underwater tunnel that opened on November 20, 2011. [2] It runs underneath the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam. The tunnel was built with capital from JICA's ODA, in conjunction with a consortium of Japanese contractors.
"Goodnight Saigon" is a song written by Billy Joel, originally appearing on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, about the Vietnam War. It depicts the situation and attitude of United States Marines beginning with their military training on Parris Island and then into different aspects of Vietnam combat.