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Inside Ho Chi Minh City’s Six “Massive” Tidal Gates in the 10 Trillion Dong Flood-Control Project

From Thanh Niên · () Vietnamese

Translated from Vietnamese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Ho Chi Minh City’s 10 trillion dong flood-control project includes six major tidal gates that are nearing completion, with work targeted for the end of 2026.
  • Tân Thuận is about 96% complete, Mương Chuối about 95% complete and Phú Định more than 90% complete.
  • The project began in 2016 and had originally been scheduled for completion in 2018.

Ho Chi Minh City’s six “massive” tidal gates are entering the final stretch of a 10 trillion dong flood-control project that officials hope to complete by the end of 2026. Thanh Niên reporters visited the sites in early September as workers and machinery pushed through the remaining work.

The project covers the Mương Chuối, Tân Thuận, Phú Định, Bến Nghé, Phú Xuân and Cây Khô gates. Crews are completing operations buildings, protective embankments, ship-lock gate systems, electrical and mechanical systems, and control equipment.

Tân Thuận, covering the former District 4 and District 7 areas, is about 96% complete. Its ship lock, pump chamber, mooring area, tower pillars and gate beams are largely finished. The gate is intended to control flows in the Tẻ Canal and help reduce flooding on Trần Xuân Soạn Street and in nearby residential areas.

The scale is already enormous. I also hope they do it quickly so that by the end of this year there will be no more flooding.

· Ánh TuyếtA resident living near the Tân Thuận tidal gate described the structure and expressed hope that construction would quickly reduce flooding.

Residents living near the site say they want the work finished quickly. Ánh Tuyết pointed to the structure and said, “The scale is already enormous. I also hope they do it quickly so that by the end of this year there will be no more flooding.” Another resident, Long, said construction had become busy again from early February 2026 and added, “Everyone was happy. We just hope it is finished soon so the flooding will ease.”

Mương Chuối, the largest of the six main gates, is about 95% complete, with its key pillars, gate tower, ship lock and main gate finished. Phú Định is more than 90% complete and is receiving its remaining stone paving, mechanical and electrical systems, and pumps. Work on Bến Nghé, Phú Xuân and Cây Khô is also being accelerated, while Bến Nghé has begun testing and operating some major components. The project, launched in 2016 with an initial investment of nearly 10 trillion dong, had originally been scheduled for completion in 2018.

Everyone was happy. We just hope it is finished soon so the flooding will ease.

· LongA resident near the project welcomed the resumption of busy construction and called for an early completion.
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Originally published by Thanh Niên in Vietnamese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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