VOV.VN - On the morning of November 18, the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Unit, together with Trungnam E&C and other contractors, held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction packages XL-01 and XL-02 of the nearly 9-km Xuyen Tam Canal renovation project. The project is expected to reduce flooding, improve the environment, and create a new landscape and transportation corridor.
The two remaining packages of the Xuyen Tam Canal renovation project have a total investment of about 2,370 billion VND. Specifically, package XL-01 covers the section from the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal to Bui Dinh Tuy Bridge, including the Cau Son Canal branch, with a total construction length of about 2.94 km (in which the main canal is 2.5 km long and the Cau Son branch canal is about 430 meters). This package is implemented by Trungnam E&C with a total investment of 1,160 billion VND.
Package XL-02 continues from XL-01, covering the area from Bui Dinh Tuy Bridge to Luong Ngoc Quyen Street, including the Binh Loi and Binh Trieu canals, with a construction value of 1,210 billion VND.
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The two packages XL-01 and XL-02 commenced on the morning of November 18 with a total investment of about 2,370 billion VND.
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According to Mr. Dau An Phuc, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Unit (the project owner), the dredging, environmental improvement, and infrastructure construction project for Xuyen Tam Canal is not only aimed at resolving prolonged flooding and pollution but also at opening up a new living space for the residents of Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Dau An Phuc stated that the first package of the project, XL-03, has been under construction since May 2025 and is currently being executed simultaneously at six work fronts, with expected completion by the end of 2026. With today’s commencement of the remaining two construction packages, the project owner commits to accelerating progress to complete the entire project.
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Mr. Dau An Phuc, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Unit.
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“These are the two remaining packages among the three construction packages of the Xuyen Tam Canal project. We are commencing these two packages with the determination to complete the project on schedule. Through this groundbreaking ceremony, we also inform residents that we have been and will continue to implement this project as committed. On that basis, we hope residents will cooperate and support the local authorities in handing over the required land,” Mr. Dau An Phuc said.
In his directive speech, Mr. Bui Xuan Cuong, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, stated that the city has allocated significant resources for the project, with a total investment of more than 17,000 billion VND. According to him, this is a project with a wide impact area, covering almost the entirety of the former Binh Thanh District, with a very large number of affected households—about 2,200 households.
To ensure progress, Mr. Bui Xuan Cuong requested the project owner and contractors to focus on construction with the highest determination. For the already-commenced package XL-03, machinery, equipment, materials, and supplies must be increased to shorten the timeline and complete the work by September 2026. For packages XL-01 and XL-02, he requested that construction be accelerated to keep pace with package XL-03
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Mr. Bui Xuan Cuong, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
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“Right after this groundbreaking ceremony, I request the contractors to urgently begin construction immediately; concentrate machinery, manpower, equipment, materials, and supplies; and avoid situations where we have commenced work but are slowed by land-handover delays. At the same time, taking advantage of the end of the rainy season, construction must be accelerated—even with three shifts and four crews, including weekends and holidays—to regain the timeline lost compared to package XL-03,” the Vice Chairman emphasized.
At the same time, Mr. Bui Xuan Cuong requested the project owner to focus on disbursement, specifically striving to disburse the 1,800 billion VND already allocated for the Xuyen Tam Canal project within this year.
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Groundbreaking ceremony.
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Mr. Cuong also requested local authorities where the project passes through to regard site clearance as the top political priority; to carry it out according to the schedule required by the Secretary of the City Party Committee during an on-site inspection in September, which mandates that site handover must be completed within this November.
“The mechanisms and policies have been fully issued by the City People’s Committee. The authority for compensation, support, resettlement, and other related policies lies with the local governments. We hope the localities will give this their utmost attention,” Mr. Bui Xuan Cuong emphasized.
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The Xuyen Tam Canal project covers the area from the Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe Canal to the Vam Thuat River, with a total route length of about 8.9 km, including the main canal of 6.6 km and three branch canals—Cau Son, Binh Loi, and Binh Trieu—with a combined length of 2.2 km, passing through the wards of Binh Thanh, Binh Loi Trung, Gia Dinh, and An Nhon (in the former Bình Thạnh District and Gò Vấp District). The total investment capital of the project is more than 17,000 billion VND from the city’s budget.
The project aims to dredge and rehabilitate the canal bed; build a bank protection embankment system; construct a synchronized rainwater and wastewater drainage system; collect wastewater for conveyance to the city’s centralized treatment plants; while also forming a transportation route along both sides of the canal combined with parks, green spaces, and synchronized technical infrastructure.
The project includes three construction packages. Among them, package XL-03 (the section from Luong Ngoc Quyen Street to the Vam Thuat River), 1.3 km long with a value of more than 530 billion VND, has been under construction since May 2025.
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