Saigon River
The Saigon River is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and south-southeast for about and empties into the Soài Rạp, which in its turn empties into the East Sea some northeast of the Mekong Delta.
The Saigon River is joined northeast of Ho Chi Minh City by the Đồng Nai river, and just above Ho Chi Minh City it is joined by the Bến Cát River. Saigon River is important to Ho Chi Minh City as it is the main water supply as well as the host of Saigon Port, which a total cargo volume loaded and outloaded of more than 35 million metric tons in 2006.
The Bình Quới Tourist Village is located on the Thanh Da peninsula on the Saigon River, in the Bình Thạnh District of Ho Chi Minh City.
Thủ Thiêm Tunnel, an underwater tunnel passing below the Saigon River, was open to traffic on November 20, 2011. Since its completion, it has been the longest cross-river tunnel in Southeast Asia.
