HCMC will borrow VND2.38 trillion from Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) to continue executing its water sanitation project, the HCMC People’s Council announced at a meeting on November 10.

After two years carrying out the program to reduce environmental pollution in canals and rivers in HCM City, the water of Saigon River and many canals has been improved but they are in danger of being polluted again.