According to the direction of the City Party Committee and Hanoi People's Committee, urgent flood control projects in the area must be completed before June 30 to strengthen drainage capacity before the rainy and storm season.
In recent years, heavy rain and extreme rain have appeared with increasing frequency, putting great pressure on the urban infrastructure system. For example, the historic rain in September 2025 caused many central streets of Hanoi to be deeply flooded, traffic paralyzed, seriously affecting people's lives.
According to the assessment of functional agencies, rapid urbanization while the drainage system and regulating lakes have not been synchronously invested is the main reason leading to flooding in many areas.
Faced with this reality, Hanoi City identifies flood control as an urgent task. Hanoi Technical Infrastructure Management Center is assigned to implement key projects, requiring accelerating construction progress to soon promote efficiency.
On June 16, recorded at the construction site of the Thuy Phuong canal renovation project, the section from Hoang Minh Thao street to Thuy Phuong street, construction units are mobilizing maximum manpower and machinery to complete the project according to the plan, contributing to reducing drainage pressure for the Northwest area of the city during the rainy and storm season.
Mr. Nguyen Huy Hai - Deputy Head of the Water Supply and Drainage Project Management Department (Hanoi Technical and Agricultural Infrastructure Construction Investment Project Management Board) - said that to ensure progress, the contractor consortium has simultaneously deployed 25 construction teams with more than 300 officials and workers working 3 shifts, 4 crews continuously.
As of June 15, the volume of main items of the project has reached about 95%. In which, the canal route from Thuy Phuong to Pham Van Dong has completed 100% of some items. The box culvert item, more than 1.4km long, has reached about 98% of the construction volume.
Although it is in the final sprint stage, the project implementation process still faces many difficulties. Construction units must handle complex geological foundations, and at the same time relocate underground technical infrastructure systems with high density. In addition, the shortage of supply and fluctuations in construction material prices also put great pressure on contractors.
Weather factors also significantly affect project progress. In May alone, the area recorded 10 heavy rains, causing construction activities to be interrupted many times.
In particular, the heavy rain in early May flooded the entire foundation pit of the pumping station, causing equipment damage and forcing the construction unit to spend nearly a week to overcome the consequences.
The Thuy Phuong canal renovation project has a total length of about 7.6km, including open canals and underground culverts running along key roads such as Vo Chi Cong, Hoang Minh Thao. When completed and put into operation, the project will not only improve drainage capacity for large urban areas such as Resco, Ecohome, Ciputra but also contribute to replenishing water sources and improving the environment for the To Lich River.
Representatives of the Project Management Board said that from now until June 30, all human resources will be maximally focused to complete the remaining items, ensuring the project reaches the finish line on schedule as required by Hanoi City.
