Saigon River Tunnel

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Saigon River Tunnel is an underground tunnel that is under contruction crossing Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city of Vietnam. The tunnel is built with the capital from Japanese ODA and by a consortium of Japanese contractors. The construction of the tunnel is scheduled to be completed in 2008. Once completion, this tunnel will help connect the existing urban center of Ho Chi Minh City with Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2. Saigon River Tunnel is part of East-West Boulevard, an important road project under construction to ease the congestion of transport in the inner city as well as transportation from downtown to Mekong Delta Region (Dong Bang Song Cuu Long). The existing downtown is linked with Thu Thiem New Urban Area by many bridges, namely: Thu Thiem Bridge, Phu My Bridge, Phu My Bridge and Ba Son Bridge.