Bien Hoa City sees many flood-prone areas

Flooded area of Bien Hoa Psychiatric Hospital in downpour

These flood-prone areas include: Residential Quarter 11 in Tan Hoa Ward; Lang Xeng drainage system from Tan Bien ward to Ho Nai ward; Ha Noi highway with over 60cm of flood water; the three-way crossroad to Thien Tan Waterworks in Tan Bien ward; Residential Quarter 4 and 5 in Trang Dai ward; Residential Quarter 1 and Binh Duong Quarter in Long Binh Tan ward; Dong Khoi street from Amata IZ crossroad to the 25^th engineer brigade gas station and the area in front of the Public Security Office of Tan Hiep ward; Hung Dao Vuong street from Bien Hung roundabout to the Office of Bien Hoa Party Committee in the wards of Thanh Binh and Trung Dung; Quarter 5,6,7 and 8 in Tan Phong (the area of Bien Hoa Psychiatric Hospital, Nguyen Ai Quoc street).

 The statistics showed that heavy rain during the past time flooded 200 households with a half meter of water level, causing traffic jams and destroying 7 hectares of crops.

Bien Hoa city Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Control suggested the city to build wastewater treatment systems in residential areas, dredging canals, upgrading biogas systems, and replacing damaged manhole covers, etc.

Reported by Truc Linh, Translated by Minh Minh