On Wednesday, work started on temporary anti-saline intrusion dam near the Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge which crosses the Cam Le River.

Funded by the Da Nang Water Supply Company (DAWACO), the over 14 billion VND project, about several kilometers from the downstream section of the Cau Do Bridge, aims to prevent the Cau Do River from saline intrusion, hereby ensuring enough water for local residents in the forthcoming Tet holiday and peak dry season.

The 127m-long dam will have between 3m and 5m in depth from the water surface to the bottom of the river.

It will be built from about 400 tonnes of larssen steel sheet piles which are imported from Japan and South Korea.

The project is expected to be completed before the Lunar New Year.

By HOANG HIEP - Translated by MAI DUNG