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Monument at site

The middle stream of the Huong river was affected by the flood in 2010. The river bank was eroded and part of the community road was destroyed. This damage was repaired by JICA emergency grant aid.

A low cost small scale river bank protection pilot project was carried out in this project. This method is a combination of the Japanese method and Vietnamese method. This method does not use expensive materials but mainly uses stone and bamboo which is easily obtained in the local site. This time is the first case that this low cost and small scale method is employed for river bank protection. It is expected that this method will be used in many places.

This method employed the Vietnamese traditional method for slope protection by planting and stone cover. The Japanese method by bamboo gabion was employed at the base of the slope. The most advantage of this method is future maintenance. Further, repairing can be easily done by the community by using local materials.

On September 22, the inspection of the construction was conducted. We will continue to promote this low cost and small scale bank protection method in Vietnam.

Slope protection by planting

Slope protection by stone covering