Once completed, the project will breathe new life into the To Lich River, creating a greener, cleaner and more pleasant environment, improving the city’s landscape and enhancing living standards for Hanoi residents. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAThe Thuy Phuong Canal project is expected to help revive the To Lich River, offering a green and clean living environment, improving urban landscape and living quality for residents. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAThe Red River’s water level remains higher than that of the Thuy Phuong Canal most of the year - a crucial factor enabling gravity flow, making the project feasible and reducing pumping costs. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNALien Mac sluice serves as a multifunctional hub, supplying Red River water to the To Lich River, supporting irrigation and providing drainage to prevent flooding in western Hanoi. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAHanoi has urgently approved 869 billion VND to upgrade the 7.7-km Thuy Phuong Canal. The project has a dual mission: to channel Red River water into the To Lich River, mitigate flooding in surrounding residential areas, and ensure irrigation for about 35 hectares of farmland. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAThe project stretches 7.73 km, divided into nine sections, including 3.47 km of newly constructed canal and 4.3 km of existing canal requiring renovation or previously approved upgrades. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAThe Thuy Phuong pumping station, built in 1959, no longer meets the required water-supply capacity according to current planning. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAMr. Truong Quoc Bao, Director of Hanoi’s Technical Infrastructure and Agricultural Investment Project Management Board, and engineers inspect the current conditions of the Thuy Phuong pumping station and Lien Mac sluice to prepare for the earliest possible implementation. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAOnce completed, dredging and deepening the canal bed will improve and stabilize water flow. The current water level of about 3.3 m is expected to nearly double to around 6 m to ensure proper gravity flow. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNAThe project is based on the concept of channeling Red River water through the Lien Mac sluice. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNA
Hanoi to bring Red River water to clean up To Lich River
Hanoi authorities
have approved an urgent budget of 869 billion VND to upgrade the Thuy Phuong
Canal, expected to revive the To Lich River by supplying clean Red River water
through a gravity-flow design that is considered key to reducing operating
costs. The project will replenish the To Lich River with a flow capacity of 5
m³/second, mitigate flooding risks in the Tay Ho Tay (west of the West
Lake) area and nearby residential
zones, ensure irrigation for about 35 hectares of farmland, and provide
environmental benefits. The project is expected to be completed before the 2026
rainy season. Photo: Phan Phuong – VNA
