Saigon River

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title: "Saigon River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["saigon-river", "rivers-of-bình-phước-province", "rivers-of-tây-ninh-province", "rivers-of-ho-chi-minh-city", "rivers-of-cambodia", "international-rivers-of-asia", "rivers-of-vietnam"] description: "River in Southern Vietnam" topic_path: "general/saigon-river" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in Southern Vietnam ::

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Field	Value
name	Saigon River
native_name	vi
nickname
image	Night in Saigon (52680876786).jpg
image_caption	View of the Saigon River in downtown Ho Chi Minh City in 2023
image_alt
pushpin_map	Vietnam
pushpin_map_alt
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Vietnam
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Bình Phước, Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City
subdivision_name5
length	251 km
discharge1_max
source1	Tonlé Chàm
source1_location	Lộc Ninh district
source1_coordinates
mouth	Nhà Bè River
mouth_location	Red Light Cape, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City
mouth_coordinates
basin_size	4,788 km2
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| name = Saigon River | native_name = vi | name_other = | name_etymology = | nickname = | image = Night in Saigon (52680876786).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = View of the Saigon River in downtown Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 | image_alt = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Vietnam | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_map_alt = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Vietnam | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Bình Phước, Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = 251 km | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = Tonlé Chàm | source1_location = Lộc Ninh district | source1_coordinates = | source1_elevation = | mouth = Nhà Bè River | mouth_location = Red Light Cape, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = 4,788 km2 | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = The Saigon River () is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and southeast for about 140 mi and empties into the Nhà Bè River, which in turn empties into the South China Sea some 20 km northeast of the Mekong Delta.

During 1981–1985, a dam was constructed across the river, just north of the town of Dầu Tiếng, to form the Dầu Tiếng Reservoir for irrigation purposes. Saigon River is joined, southeast of downtown Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) by the Đồng Nai River. The river is important to Ho Chi Minh City as its main water supply as well as the host of Saigon Port, with 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 Đa peninsula on the Saigon River, in the Bình Thạnh District of Ho Chi Minh City.

The Saigon River Tunnel running under the river, connecting District 1 in the west to the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area in the east, was opened to traffic on November 20, 2011. Since its completion, it has been the longest cross-river tunnel in Southeast Asia. The river is also crossed by bridges, some notable ones are the Thu Thiem Bridge, Ba Son Bridge, and Phu My Bridge.

The Saigon Waterbus service launched in 2017, connecting District 1 with Thu Duc District.

File:Saïgon - Vue panoramique des Quais et la Rivière de Saïgon.jpg|View of the river in early 20th century File:Car ferries on Saigon river.jpg|The Thủ Thiêm ferry crossing on Saigon river, which stopped operating in 2012 and now is Thủ Thiêm Pier of Saigon Waterbus File:Container ships on Saigon River 3.jpg|Port of Saigon in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City File:PANO0001-Pano120920199tam.jpg|View of the river in Bình Thạnh district, with the Landmark 81 in the center File:Saigon Ho Chi Minh City (15420160812).jpg|Saigon River and the Thanh Đa Canal File:Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City (15233931057).jpg|View of the river at the northern area of Bình Quới Peninsula of Ho Chi Minh City, adjacent to Thảo Điền, Trường Thọ, An Phú, Thủ Đức and the former place of Saigon Water Park next to Gò Dưa Canal File:Vietnam, Near Saigon Ho Chi Minh City (15417321921).jpg|View of the river at the border of Thủ Dầu Một and Củ Chi district File:Katedralo Sankta Koro (Thủ Dầu Một) 01.jpg|Downtown Thủ Dầu Một seen from the river File:Sông Sài Gòn ở Thủ Dầu Một.jpg|The river in Thủ Dầu Một File:Saigon River at Cu Chi Tunnel Vietnam (27767486249).jpg|The river in Củ Chi district, next to the site of the Bến Dược Memorial Temple File:Dau Tieng Reservoir (39748281134).jpg|View of the Dầu Tiếng Reservoir File:Sài Gòn (50819599303).jpg|Bạch Đằng Quay on Saigon River viewed from Saigon River Park,Thủ Thiêm

References

References

1. "Quyết định số 1989/QĐ-TTg ngày 01 tháng 11 năm 2010 của Thủ tướng Chính phủ về việc ban hành Danh mục lưu vực sông liên tỉnh".
2. [http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/pages/20111120-vietnam-opens-first-undewater-tunnel.aspx "The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia"] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-10-22 2011 ''Thanh Nien News'')
3. (2022-04-28). "Ho Chi Minh City's $133mn Thu Thiem 2 Bridge opened to traffic".
4. "Finding Fun and Revelation Aboard Saigon's Wayward Waterbus {{!}} Saigoneer".

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