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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 ...
Saigon River is joined, southeast of downtown Ho Chi Minh City (formerly named Saigon) by the Đồng Nai River. The river is important to Ho Chi Minh City as it is the main water supply as well as the host of Saigon Port , with a total cargo volume loaded and outloaded of more than 35 million metric tons in 2006.
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.
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 Bach Dang Quay Park, Saigon River waterfront, with Ton Duc Thang Boulevard on the left in 2023. The second street stretched along the bank of Saigon River, it is further separated into two parts, then known as the quais, by the Place Rigault de Genouilly (present-day Mê Linh Square). The southern quai had its name changed quite often ...
Saigon Water Park. Saigon Water Park is a former water park in Thủ Đức District, Ho Chi Minh City. [1] It was the first park of its kind built in the city. The park was situated on Saigon River. It existed from 1997 to 2006.
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 ...
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.