(LDO) - Taking place in 4 days, the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival brings Ho Chi Minh City people and visitors many unique and new activities, with different experiences and emotions.

 

Within the framework of the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week in 2022 with the theme "Beautiful Festivals - Unleash Discovery", the Department of Tourism cooperates with the Department of Culture and Sports and the People's Committee of Thu Duc City to organize the Music Festival. Ho Chi Minh City International Music - "Ho Do" 2022 season 2 combines with organizing the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival in 4 days from 8 to 11-12-2022.

During the 4 days of the event, the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival will bring the city people and visitors a lot of unique and new activities, with different experiences and emotions. .

 

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Le Truong Hien Hoa, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, shared: "The 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival is bringing modern colors, as well as positive harmony. Enter the vibrant and lively atmosphere of the city's series of other cultural - tourism - sports events within the framework of Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week such as: Creative cultural space at the Thu Ngu Flagpole Monument , Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon, Hozo International Music Festival... contribute to speeding up and developing Ho Chi Minh City's tourism, affirming its position as a young, dynamic city that actively strives to capture trends modern".

 

 

 

On the morning of December 8, the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival opened.

 

 

 

Taking place in 4 days from 8 to 11-12, the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival is attracting many people to visit, experience and "check-in".

 

 

 

After the opening ceremony, the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival is a hot air balloon show with 20 large and small hot air balloons at the hours

of 6am - 9am.and open to all visitors free of charge.

 

 

 

On this occasion, people can register for a hot air balloon flight to experience the feeling of seeing the whole city from a height of no more than 50m.

 

 

 

Each turn of the hot air balloon takes about 10 minutes, depending on the wind, the altitude will be adjusted accordingly

 

 

 

Each flight is a maximum of 4 passengers, accompanied by a pilot, with a passenger ticket price of 699,000 VND/pax.

 

 

 

"This is the first time I have experienced the feeling of watching Ho Chi Minh City from a hot air balloon, the feeling is really hard to describe" - Ms. Tran Thi Thu

Trang (living in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City) excitedly said.

 

 

 

This is the second time that Ho Chi Minh City has used the most hot air balloons to fly at the same time to create a beautiful image for people to see.

 

 

 

Many people enjoy using their phones to record images of artists performing hot air balloons

 

 

 

This is a very interesting experience when the giant multi-colored hot air balloon takes off and flies slowly high in the blue sky of Ho Chi Minh City.

 

 

 

Due to the space conditions of the venue, the hot air balloon will hover up and down at a height of zero

over 50m according to international standards and fixed in place, do not move.

 

 

 

A colorful corner of Ho Chi Minh City during the 2nd Hot Air Balloon Festival

 

 

 

The highlight of the 2nd Hot Air Balloon Festival is the program "Night of Lanterns" taking place at 19:00 on December 11 with art performances and activities.

hot air balloons, lanterns, fun activities for families and children at the hot air balloon show, the culinary experience…

 

 

 

The 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Hot Air Balloon Festival promises to be one of the unique, new and unique activities.

 

 

 

Besides watching the colorful hot air balloons, at the Festival area, people and visitors can easily participate in various activities.

Other activities such as enjoying music throughout, enjoying food, creating art...