The Nhieu LocâÂÂThi Nghe Channel (Vietnamese: Kênh Nhiêu Lá»Âc â Thá» Nghè) is a waterway in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 9 km (6-mile) long canal passes through the districts of 1, 3, Phú NhuáºÂn, Tân Bình and Bình Thạnh and flows into the confluence of VÃÂn Thánh Canal and Saigon River at where used to be the Saigon Naval Shipyard.
The canal became heavily polluted following intense urban development in Ho Chi Minh City after 1975. Buildings dumped domestic trash and wastewater into the canal, leading to a dark appearance and noxious odor. A World Bank-funded project to restore the canal commenced in 2002, with the installation of sewers, dredging, and relocation of slums that bordered the canal. Truong Sa and Hoang Sa streets, which line the canal, were landscaped with trees and walking paths.
Currently, two roads running along the Nhieu Loc â Thi Nghe canal are named after the Vietnamese name of two archipelagos in the South China Sea that Vietnam claims sovereignty over: Trðá»Âng Sa (Spratly Islands) road on the left bank is 8.3 km long and Hoàng Sa (Paracel Islands) road on the right bank is 7.4 km long (Hoàng Sa road is ended at Thá» Nghè bridge near the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, while Trðá»Âng Sa road is longer and ended at the Saigon River). Both roads were restored and expanded from February 2, 2012 and inaugurated after 6 months, at the same time the canal restoration is completed. After that, in the period of 2013âÂÂ2015, the city government rebuilt three bridges across the canal are Lê VÃÂn Sỹ Bridge, Kiá»Âu Bridge and Bông Bridge, two underpassed at ÃÂiá»Ân Biên Phủ Bridge are also newly built to seamlessly connect two roads of Hoàng Sa and Trðá»Âng Sa.
On September 1, 2015, the city government cooperated with Saigon Boat Company (Công ty Thuyá»Ân Sài Gòn) to launch a boat tour to take tourists on the canal. This route includes two piers named: Thá» Nghè and Nhiêu Lá»Âc, it starts at Hoang Sa Street near Thá» Nghè Bridge in District 1 and end at the pier near Lê VÃÂn Sỹ Bridge in District 3.