Ho Chi Minh City needs $603m to clean canals

Ho Chi Minh City will need VND13.5 trillion (US$602.678 million) more for its programme to improve water bodies, which started in 2001 with the aim of cleaning up all canals, the People’s Committee has said.

Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said the money would be used for Phase III of the Water Environment Improvement Project.

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