Dau Tieng to release more water into salination-affected river Van Nam By Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Dau Tieng Reservoir is expected to discharge an additional 50 million cubic meters of water into the Saigon River in the coming months to dilute saltwater. The water discharge will allow Tan Hiep water treatment plant to take sufficient crude water for processing. Nguyen Anh Thai, head of the irrigation management department at Dau Tieng-Phuoc Hoa Irrigation Co, said after nine times of discharging water into the river, the water level in the reservoir is only 18.47 meters, 2.2 meters lower than in the same period last year. The remaining volume of water in the reservoir totals only 619 million cubic meters. Though it has almost touched the lowest water level permissible of 17 meters, the reservoir will release about 30 million cubic meters into the Saigon River in May and another 20 million cubic meters next month if it does not rain in this city. The objective … [Read more...] about Dau Tieng to release more water into salination-affected river
Saigon times tieng anh
Dau Tieng reservoir to be replenished soon
Dau Tieng reservoir to be replenished soon By Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Water from Phuoc Hoa reservoir in Binh Phuoc Province will start flowing into Dau Tieng reservoir from June 30 this year at a rate of some 180,000 cubic meters per hour, thus saving the major irrigation work from exhaustion, said the reservoir operator. Vu Duc Hung, director of Dau Tieng Water Reservoir Irrigation Company, told the Daily yesterday that the supplementary water would flow through a 40-km canal to help boost the water supply capacity of Dau Tieng reservoir for the lowlands. Dau Tieng reservoir covers a total area of 27,000 hectares in Tay Ninh and Binh Duong provinces with a total designed capacity of 1.8 billion cubic meters when the water level reaches the maximum height of 24 meters. However, Hung said, Dau Tieng reservoir currently has only 600 million cubic meters of water, but the useable amount for the lowlands is only 200 million cubic meters. The reservoir has been … [Read more...] about Dau Tieng reservoir to be replenished soon
Art & Entertainment Headlines December 16
Japanese couple brightens wall The blue mural, depicting a large multi-petal flower and several bold curved lines, is part of the art display entitled Abilight - the Viet Nam debut exhibition of the Japanese artistic collaboration Hitotzuki. Founded in 1999 by the wife-and-husband couple, Kami and Sasu, it seeks to promote creativity rooted in the dimension of street culture, as the artworks present the harmony between that which is feminine and masculine. Their distinctive worldview stems from the interaction between the dynamically flowing curves fashioned by Kami - the husband, and the strong and flamboyant symmetric motifs engineered by Sasu - the wife. This vision breathes new life into the sense of beauty derived from the street, and has succeeded in invigorating the era with a steady of vivid new landscapes. "Hitotzuki stands for the sun and the moon, being contrary to one another. They differ, but fuse together. That is how we are. And this ideology has also been … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment Headlines December 16
Saigon River no longer clean water source: experts
While heavy pollution remains an unsolved problem in the Saigon river, another problem has begun to ravage the waterway. Scientists have begun to see higher salinity levels they say is threatening communities that rely on the river for a water supply, and have warned that it is no longer safe to be used as a water supply. … [Read more...] about Saigon River no longer clean water source: experts
New dramatic plays take centre stage
HCM CITY (VNS)— Theatres have begun rehearsing new plays to stage for the year, including Thien Thien, a romance to be scheduled at the city's Opera House on Valentine's Day. Directed by film directors Viet Linh and Pham Hoang Nam, the drama will feature artists Minh Trang and Quoc Thao, both of whom were well-known in HCM City in the 1990s. Linh, who lives in France, occasionally returns to Viet Nam to make films. "This is the first time Nam and I have staged a drama. We hope audiences will like it," Linh said. Nam and Linh worked together in the award-winning film Me Thao - Thoi Vang Bong (Once Upon A Time in Me Thao Hamlet) in 2002. The film won the Golden Rose Award at Bergano Film Festival in 2003. Thien Thien will be staged from February 14-16. Also performing in the drama will be many HCM City artists including Hong Anh, Quy Binh and Van Trang. After obtaining huge success with several plays featuring fairytales during Tet holidays, artists of IDECAF Theatre are busy … [Read more...] about New dramatic plays take centre stage