New life on the banks of the Doi Canal

August 13 was a happy day for people living in the North bank of the Doi Canal (Chanh Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) when the groundbreaking ceremony of the project to dredge, build infrastructure, and improve the environment of the North bank of the Doi Canal was implemented. This project, along with the bridges and spacious roads connecting the neighborhoods, not only facilitates traffic, but also opens up new development opportunities for this land.

Change of living environment

In early August 2025, the area on the North bank of the Doi Canal, Chanh Hung Ward, has gradually changed. The dilapidated houses that were close together from Nguyen Duy Street to the Doi Canal have been demolished. The narrow areas with dilapidated, makeshift houses are now vacant lots, with a view of the South bank of the Doi Canal.

As a resident of the North bank of the Doi Canal for more than 30 years, Mr. Tran Huy Hoang (65 years old) expressed his excitement when the project started: “People here have been waiting for this day for a long time. I hope the project will be completed on schedule so that people can enjoy a green living environment as desired after the project is completed.”

In the process of moving to a new residence, Ms. Le Thi Tuyet Nga, a resident of Chanh Hung ward, shared that her family has lived along the Doi canal for more than 40 years, in a house of nearly 40 square ^meters , with 8 people. “Before, this area had a lot of mosquitoes, especially during the rainy season. Now the city has a policy of relocating to make this riverside area cleaner and more beautiful, we fully support it,” Ms. Nga confided.

Groundbreaking ceremony of the dredging, infrastructure construction and environmental improvement project on the North bank of Doi Canal on August 13 in Chanh Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dinh, Deputy Head of the Economic , Infrastructure and Urban Department, People's Committee of Chanh Hung Ward, said that the project to dredge, build infrastructure, and improve the environment of the North bank of Doi Canal has been approved with 799 cases subject to clearance out of a total of 1,605 affected cases. By the end of July 2025, 738 decisions approving compensation, support, and resettlement plans had been issued; more than 1,700 billion VND had been paid to 557 households. Of which, 238 cases had completed the handover of the site.

Modern urban development push

As a locality established from the merger of the entire Ward 4, Rach Ong Ward, Hung Phu Ward and part of Ward 5 (formerly District 8), Chanh Hung Ward has a natural area of ^4.61km2 , a population of 218,492 people, 85 neighborhoods, and is a unit with a large population size, among the most populous wards in Ho Chi Minh City today.

Chanh Hung is also a ward with a rich waterway and road traffic system, connected by large bridges and major roads such as: Pham The Hien, Ta Quang Buu, Pham Hung, Cao Lo, Duong Quang Dong, Duong Ba Trac, Hung Phu, Ba Dinh. In the ward, many infrastructure and environmental improvement projects have been and are being implemented, thereby bringing about clear changes to the new urban appearance.

From that reality, the leaders of Chanh Hung ward oriented that in the 2025-2030 term, the projects, plans, and tasks must be both breakthroughs and ensure feasibility, synchronization, and the ability to be implemented and completed within the term, in accordance with the practical conditions of the ward Party Committee.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Chanh Hung Ward Tran Thanh Tung shared: “With high political determination and consensus of the people, we expect that the key urban beautification projects and works of the ward will create a boost for the process of modern urban development, improving the green - clean - beautiful living environment, while ensuring social security, improving the quality of life for people, promoting sustainable development as well as contributing resources to the city budget in the long term”.

Chanh Hung Ward has been carrying out key projects under the Urban Renovating Project for residential areas on and along canals in the ward, including: building a social housing area at 314 Au Duong Lan Street; clearing land to create a land fund, investing in the construction of a 7ha commercial service area with a scale of 8 floors, a residential area and a green park in the North of Ta Quang Buu Street; compensation, support, resettlement and urban renovation of the South bank of Doi Canal in Chanh Hung Ward; upgrading and expanding Nguyen Thi Tan extended street...

Thai Phuong

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/suc-song-moi-ben-bo-kenh-doi-post808243.html