Following government efforts to resolve obstacles and complete the first phase of the city's tidal flood-control project this year, construction has resumed in earnest at its major tidal sluices.
The Ben Nghe sluice is about 99 per cent complete and has been undergoing trial operations since early February 2026. Contractors are continuing dredging work and fine-tuning the SCADA automated control system.
The Ben Nghe sluice is about 99 per cent complete and has been undergoing trial operations since early February 2026. Contractors are continuing dredging work and fine-tuning the SCADA automated control system.
The facility is about 95 per cent complete, with major components including the navigation lock, pumping station, mooring facilities, towers, service bridge, gate beams and sluice gates already finished.
Work is now focused on completing the operations building and landscaping, as well as installing electromechanical equipment and pumps.
The Phu Dinh sluice is about 90 per cent complete, with its navigation lock, pumping station, towers, gate beams and main sluice gates finished.
Crews are now building embankments, reinforcing the riverbed and installing mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) equipment, pumps and the SCADA system.
Alongside finishing work, contractors are improving operational areas and preparing the facility for trial runs before it enters service.
"People here are happy to see work accelerating after years of delays. We hope the project will be completed soon to improve the area and put an end to flooding during high tides," " local resident Huu Thien said.
Muong Chuoi, the largest of the project's six main tidal sluices, is about 94 per cent complete. Key components including piers, gate towers, the navigation lock and main sluice gates have been finished.
Remaining work includes bank protection, mooring facilities, riverbed reinforcement, operational roads and the navigation lock gate system.
Around 500 workers and 150 engineers are currently working across the project to meet the completion target.
Construction began in 2016 under a build-transfer contract worth nearly VND10 trillion. Work was more than 90 per cent complete by November 2020 before being suspended over legal and procedural issues, particularly land-based payments to the investor.
The project restarted in early February after prolonged obstacles were resolved and is expected to be fully operational this year.
Once completed, the project, formally known as the first phase of the HCM City tidal flood-control project taking climate change into account, will help control tidal flooding across 570 square kilometres, protecting around 6.5 million people in southern and central HCM City.
