Saigon Polar Expo, a newly established ice entertainment venue, will be opened to the public next Thursday at Him Lam new urban area in District 7, HCMC.

With temperatures of 15 degrees below zero Celsius, the ice house covers over 1,600 square meters with a five-meter-high ceiling and 11 sets of scenes.

The giant warehouse-like area features numerous beautiful ice sculptures of different shapes with special visual and sound effects.

There, guests can build icemen, throw ice balls, enjoy ice sliding, drop by an ice bar for a drink or admire a photo exhibition.

According to Ngo Trong Nghia, general director of Saigon Food Trading and Service JSC (FFC), the project’s investor, around VND50 billion has been spent on Saigon Polar Expo and it will be opened to the public from April 14, 2016 to February 28, 2017.

Nghia said that during a trip to Taiwan to look for business partners, a delegation of the company found the concept of Polar Expo in Taiwan had lured throngs of visitors for five years of its operation.

The company invited a Taiwanese partner to HCMC to build Saigon Polar Expo.

Through the project, developers FFC and Him Lam Vikid want to raise children’s awareness of global warming and environmental protection since Vietnam has suffered from natural disasters.

The two partners will join hands with the HCMC Youth Union and HCMC Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin to organize free tours of Saigon Polar Expo for unlucky kids.

Tickets for adults and children are equally priced at VND180,000 per person on normal days and VND210,000 on holidays.

There are promotional prices for guests who purchase tickets at Vietopia at 2-4 Road No.9 in Him Lam new urban zone in District 7, and Tan Dat Thuan trade and service company at 4 Ut Tich Street in HCMC’s Tan Binh District.