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to go around quite far. Meanwhile, Cho Gao canal connecting Tien river with Tan Cang
- Cat Lai port cluster (Ho Chi Minh City), Thi Vai - Cai Mep (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) is

only suitable for ships with a tonnage of 2,000 tons went back and forth when the water
was low and was also overloaded.
Figure 2. Inland waterway system of the Mekong Delta

Cho Gao is an arterial and exclusive waterway for waterway vehicles transporting

goods from the Mekong Delta to Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh, the East and vice
versa with a much closer distance than traveling by sea. Every day, about 1,800 vehicles
with a tonnage of 100 to 2,000 tons pass through the Cho Gao canal. Although Cho Gao
canal has a narrow riverbed, when the water is low, barges carrying containers of 2,000
tons are difficult to move, but barges from 1,100 tons still circulate normally. Besides,
the Mekong Delta not only has the strength of a dense network of rivers, but it also has
a favorable climate for waterway transport.
Currently, the inland waterway system of the Mekong Delta is intertwined, the

system is complex and can be divided into the following main groups:
Table 1. The main waterway of the Mekong Delta region
STT Name of waterway Passed provinces Length

1 Main vertical axis
Tien river route from The route from Cua Tieu to My Tho
1.1 Tieu estuary to port, the rest from the upstream My 222 km
Cambodia border Tho port to the border

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