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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 ...
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 such as Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City, and Long An.
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 ...
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 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.
The banks and route alongside the creek houses notable government, business and residential areas. A number of tourist locations and hotels are situated along the creek. The Dubai Creek, a vital waterway in the heart of the city, plays a significant role in Dubai's growth by handling the passage of more than 13,000 ships annually.
It is located at the junction of the Saigon River and Bến Nghé Channel in District 4. On 5 June 1911, Ho Chi Minh (at the time named Nguyen Tat Thanh) departed from the Dragon House on the French ship Amiral de Latouche-Tréville for a 30-year journey around the world.