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The Saigon River Tunnel running under the river, connecting District 1 in the west to the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area in the east, was opened to traffic on November 20, 2011. Since its completion, it has been the longest cross-river tunnel in Southeast Asia. [2] The river is also crossed by the Thu Thiem Bridge, Ba Son Bridge, and Phu My Bridge ...
[3] [4] The lake is located 20 km northeast of Tây Ninh city and 70 km north of Ho Chi Minh City. [5] Formed by damming the upper reaches of the Saigon River, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] its main purpose is to regulate water flow into the Saigon River and provide irrigation for over 100,000 hectares of agricultural land in Tây Ninh and neighboring provinces ...
3 Red River Delta. 4 North Central Coast. 5 South Central Coast. 6 Central Highlands. 7 Southeastern. 8 Mekong Delta. ... Saigon River; Bến Nghé River; Soài Rạp ...
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.
The Ba Son Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Ba Son), formerly temporary named as Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge, is a 6-lane bridge in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, opened in 2022. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The bridge crosses the Saigon River to link District 1 and Thu Duc City .
It was the only bridge linking District 1 to the new Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2 until the Thủ Thiêm Bridge opened in 2008 and the Saigon River Tunnel opened in 2011. The bridge was one of the most vital gateways for vehicles traveling from northern and central Vietnam to the city, and therefore was a key point of contention ...
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.
District 4 is a triangular cay, surrounded by rivers and canals. It borders the city of Thủ Đức to the nonortheast by Saigon River, District 1 to the northwest by Bến Nghé Channel, and District 7 with District 8 to the south by Tẻ Canal. There are 10 wards in District 4. Before January 11, 1985, the district consisted of five wards ...