According to Mr. Nguyen Tam Tien – General Director of Trung Nam Group (investor) – the project to resolve flooding due to high tides in Ho Chi Minh City area considering climate change factors – phase 1 has reached nearly 37% of the block.
Mr. Tien said that the remaining construction volume (over 60%) is easy to construct and progress will be faster because it is done on the water.
`We do not carry out projects on a rolling basis, but do a series of items at the same time with high determination. If the site is handed over no later than September, we commit to complete the entire project by April 30.`
The 10,000 billion anti-flooding project is difficult to complete as committed by the investor.
During the construction process, the investor coordinated with the city’s functional forces to regulate water traffic and channelize boats of people and businesses.
`As for the treatment of dredged sludge, because most of the sludge from the river mouth has been tested by specialized agencies as not being very dangerous, it does not have to be treated. Therefore, the amount of sludge after being taken from the project
According to the contract signed between the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Trung Nam Group in June 2016, the project to resolve tidal flooding in the Ho Chi Minh City area, taking into account climate change factors (phase 1) with a total budget
However, former Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang requested to shorten the construction time to 22 months to soon resolve the increasingly serious flooding situation in the city.
The project aims to control tidal flooding and proactively respond to climate change for an area of 750 km2 with about 6.5 million people on the right bank of the Saigon River and the city center.
To ensure the goal of controlling tidal flooding and proactively regulating water, the project focuses on building large tide control culverts and building long dikes.