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| Saigon River Park | |
|---|---|
| Thủ Thiêm Quay Park (Công viên Bến Thủ Thiêm) | |
| Công viên bờ sông Sài Gòn | |
 The park look towards to Bạch Đằng Quay | |
| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Nguyễn Thiện Thành Street, Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 10°46′22″N 106°42′34″E / 10.772908°N 106.709389°E / 10.772908; 106.709389 |
| Opened | 23 December 2023 |
Saigon River Park (Vietnamese: Công viên bờ sông Sài Gòn), or Saigon Riverside Park, is a 20 hectares (49 acres) riverside park in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area of Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The park stretches along the right bank of Saigon River from the Saigon River Tunnel to Ba Son Bridge, opposite to Bạch Đằng Quay park on the left bank. There are plans to extend the park from the Ba Son Bridge to the Thu Thiem Bridge, the extend section is called Creative Park (Công viên Sáng Tạo).
An area of the park in front of The Opera Residences Tower, next to Ba Son Bridge is a planned new Opera House of the city and under construction Ho Chi Minh City Planning Exhibition Center.
History
The place where is the park now was a boat quay, then ferry terminal called as Thủ Thiêm Quay (Bến Thủ Thiêm) or the "Sea Almond Quay" (Bến Cây Bàng) as there is a big Terminalia catappa tree near there until now. When there still not have any bridge or tunnel cross Saigon River to connect with Thủ Thiêm, it helps transit people from the downtown to Thủ Thiêm and backwards. The ferry activities are stopped in the end of 2011, after the Saigon River Tunnel inagurated.
The park was opened on 23 December 2023, after a refurbished from an empty abandoned area for more than ten years. Since 31 December 2023, the park was a popular location for New Year Eve's celebrations, with thousands attending and firework shows for major events in the city, not only New Year Eve, are annually happened in the nearby Thủ Thiêm Tunnel Roof.
Few months later, the Thủ Thiêm Quay is also comeback as a pier for the Saigon Waterbus, it is located near the old ferry terminal and also have a short route from Bạch Đằng Pier to Thủ Thiêm Pier just like the older Thủ Thiêm Ferry line.
References
- VnExpress (2024-02-07). "New look of Saigon River park on Thu Thiem side - Vietnam.vn". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- "Ho Chi Minh City riverine park packed with revelers ahead of New Year". Tuoi Tre News. 2023-12-31. Archived from the original on 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- trí, Báo Dân (2024-11-03). "Current status of riverside park along the most prime urban area in Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam.vn". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ONLINE, TUOI TRE (2024-10-25). "Đề xuất làm công viên bờ sông Sài Gòn từ cầu Ba Son đến cầu Thủ Thiêm". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- VnExpress. "Hiện trạng khu đất cải tạo để nối dài công viên sông Sài Gòn". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ thanhnien.vn (2024-12-31). "Hàng ngàn người đổ về công viên bờ sông Sài Gòn đón năm mới 2025". thanhnien.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-01-01.
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