Dau Tieng to release more water into salination-affected river Van Nam By Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Dau Tieng Reservoir is expected to discharge an additional 50 million cubic meters of water into the Saigon River in the coming months to dilute saltwater. The water discharge will allow Tan Hiep water treatment plant to take sufficient crude water for processing. Nguyen Anh Thai, head of the irrigation management department at Dau Tieng-Phuoc Hoa Irrigation Co, said after nine times of discharging water into the river, the water level in the reservoir is only 18.47 meters, 2.2 meters lower than in the same period last year. The remaining volume of water in the reservoir totals only 619 million cubic meters. Though it has almost touched the lowest water level permissible of 17 meters, the reservoir will release about 30 million cubic meters into the Saigon River in May and another 20 million cubic meters next month if it does not rain in this city. The objective … [Read more...] about Dau Tieng to release more water into salination-affected river
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Art & Entertainment Headlines December 16
Japanese couple brightens wall The blue mural, depicting a large multi-petal flower and several bold curved lines, is part of the art display entitled Abilight - the Viet Nam debut exhibition of the Japanese artistic collaboration Hitotzuki. Founded in 1999 by the wife-and-husband couple, Kami and Sasu, it seeks to promote creativity rooted in the dimension of street culture, as the artworks present the harmony between that which is feminine and masculine. Their distinctive worldview stems from the interaction between the dynamically flowing curves fashioned by Kami - the husband, and the strong and flamboyant symmetric motifs engineered by Sasu - the wife. This vision breathes new life into the sense of beauty derived from the street, and has succeeded in invigorating the era with a steady of vivid new landscapes. "Hitotzuki stands for the sun and the moon, being contrary to one another. They differ, but fuse together. That is how we are. And this ideology has also been … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment Headlines December 16
Dau Tieng reservoir to be replenished soon
Dau Tieng reservoir to be replenished soon By Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Water from Phuoc Hoa reservoir in Binh Phuoc Province will start flowing into Dau Tieng reservoir from June 30 this year at a rate of some 180,000 cubic meters per hour, thus saving the major irrigation work from exhaustion, said the reservoir operator. Vu Duc Hung, director of Dau Tieng Water Reservoir Irrigation Company, told the Daily yesterday that the supplementary water would flow through a 40-km canal to help boost the water supply capacity of Dau Tieng reservoir for the lowlands. Dau Tieng reservoir covers a total area of 27,000 hectares in Tay Ninh and Binh Duong provinces with a total designed capacity of 1.8 billion cubic meters when the water level reaches the maximum height of 24 meters. However, Hung said, Dau Tieng reservoir currently has only 600 million cubic meters of water, but the useable amount for the lowlands is only 200 million cubic meters. The reservoir has been … [Read more...] about Dau Tieng reservoir to be replenished soon
Saigon River no longer clean water source: experts
While heavy pollution remains an unsolved problem in the Saigon river, another problem has begun to ravage the waterway. Scientists have begun to see higher salinity levels they say is threatening communities that rely on the river for a water supply, and have warned that it is no longer safe to be used as a water supply. Photo: Tuoi Tre According to the planed water resources development in Ho Chi Minh City, from 2013 to 2015, the Saigon river will continue to be used by increasing the capacity of the Tan Hiep water plant from 300,000 to 600,000 cubic meters a day and then to 900,000 cubic meters each day. The puzzle of muddy water yet to be solved Muddy water is an issue that is still smoldering and every now and then it flares up in many areas. Levels of muddy water rose in 2005 to 2006, but so far the Saigon Water Corporation has yet to solve the problem. For about two weeks in a row in the middle of April, people living in the area of Binh Tan district, districts 6 and 8 … [Read more...] about Saigon River no longer clean water source: experts
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/10
Building in HCMC collapses, injures 11 11 workers were injured when a three-story building under construction in Ho Chi Minh City suddenly collapsed Saturday morning. The site of the collapsed building. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) The accident occurred at 8:30 am Saturday when 16 workers were working at the construction site near a swamp in Can Gio District’s An Thoi Dong Ward. Of these workers, 11 were hit by or buried in the ruins of the collapsed building. They were later taken to the People’s Hospital 115 for emergency treatment. Two of the victims are in serious conditions. Works on the building started two months ago and its owner has obtained a construction license, the ward police said, adding that the contractor has bought insurance for the construction. Some local residents blamed the collapse on the weak foundation of the house as it had been built next to a swamp. The ward’s construction inspectorate and police are blocking the site and … [Read more...] about SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/10