Ho Chi Minh City canal revamp to affect 6,161 households and properties
Compensation, assistance and resettlement are estimated to cost ₫39.8 trillion, more than 80 per cent of the project's investment.
A project to redevelop Doi Canal’s southern bank in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to require full clearance of 5,807 households and properties, with another 354 facing partial clearance. The work covers some 8.8 kilometres beside Pham The Hien Street across Chanh Hung and Binh Dong wards.
The municipal People’s Council approved investment policies on September 22 for four separately managed subprojects financed through the city budget. Part of the 2025–30 urban renewal programme, the redevelopment will affect 3,004 cases in Chanh Hung and 3,157 in Binh Dong.
A representative of Chanh Hung’s construction investment project management board said officials had completed documentation and software entry for 880 of 944 affected cases between Rach Ong Bridge and Mat Bridge by early November. Between Mat Bridge and Hiep An Bridge, documents had been gathered for 1,650 of 2,060 cases, with 1,100 entered into the system.
Chanh Hung authorities are seeking additional resettlement housing and suitable compensation measures from the city. They said many canal-side households occupy small residential plots that will need complete clearance. The ward also plans to finalise land acquisition arrangements and select a land valuation consultant.
In Binh Dong, officials are surveying properties, measuring land and checking ownership documents. A plan issued by the municipal People’s Committee on November 2 targets handover of the entire site between Hiep An Bridge and Ba Tang Bridge before March 31, 2027.
