HCM City to relocate 40,000 canal-side households by 2030

  • Makeshift houses on Te canal. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Makeshift houses on Te canal. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Makeshift houses on Te canal. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Makeshift houses on Te canal. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
  • Makeshift houses on Doi canal. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
    Makeshift houses on Doi canal. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt
As part of its broader urban redevelopment strategy, Ho Chi Minh City is working to relocate nearly 40,000 households living on and along canals by 2030, with almost 3,000 already resettled as of mid-July 2025. According to the Office of the Municipal People’s Committee, a total of 2,984 out of 6,500 targeted households have been compensated and relocated under the city’s urban renovation programme for the 2020-25 period and beyond. VNA Photo: Hồng Đạt

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