HCM City canal area attracts visitors after being upgraded
The roads around the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal have become more lively with colourful flowers and trees following various efforts to restore the canal and improve the scenery of the surrounding areas.
Many bonsai and flower trees have recently been planted along the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa streets which run along the canal in Phu Nhuan District.
The area which used to experience bad odour coming from the seriously polluted canal, has now attracted lots of visitors and local people coming to enjoy the fresh air and doing exercise.
The Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Canal runs nearly nine kilometers through Districts 1, 3, Phu Nhuan, Tan Binh and Binh Thanh.
A project to upgrade the entire waterway of the canal was started in 2002 and cost over VND8.6 trillion (USD374 million) with funding from the World Bank.
In 2011, HCM City also spent more than VND550 billion upgrading and expanding 15 kilometres of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa streets.
Some more photos of the streets:
Bonsai and flower trees planted along the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa streets
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