Things to do with kids in Ho Chi Minh City

Things to do with kids in Ho Chi Minh City

1. EatVietnamese restaurant

   Bloom Saigon Restaurant

   Temporarily closed as of August 2022. Non-profit restaurant run by Aid to Children Without Parents (ACWP) and serves as a culinary training facility. Very nice staff, excellent food, terrace on the 3rd floor. Situated a bit in the North and in a small calm community. Worth to go by foot, 20 mnin walk from the Jade Pagoda.

   Closed · opens 11 am·Vegan options

2. Buy

   CGV Giga Mall Thủ Đức

   In Thu Duc district, a large shopping mall with numerous options to keep the kids occupied.

3. Do

   Dai Nam Tourist Park

   This is one of the largest tourist attractions in Vietnam. It features the Dai Nam Van Hien Temple, an entertainment site, open range zoo, shopping areas, hotels, local and Western cuisine, and the largest man-made mountain range in Vietnam. Costing over 50 billion dong to build, this park is the beginning of mass tourism in Vietnam, although it is aimed at tourists and locals, and comes highly recommended. Transport options to the park are quite convoluted. As the park is new, online information is scarce. According to the locals, it is very much worth a visit, purely just to view the temple.

   Adult/child between 1 m and 1.4 m: zoo 80,000/50,000; amusement park 100,000/50,000 dong; waterpark 100,000/60,000 dong; all three 200,000/120,000 dong

4. SeeMuseum

   Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts

   Museum displaying art mainly from the 20th century by Vietnamese artists. Two floors of permanent collections are in the main building and the first floor of the second building has a special exhibitions space. The architecture of the French colonial buildings that house the museum is another impressive feature. They were designed by a French architect for the Hua family.

   Tue-Sun 08:00-18:00·30,000 dong · Heritage listed

5. See

   Landmark 81

   The Landmark 81 Central Park

   The highest tower of Vietnam with 81 floors which is 461.3 m, it has a big mall inside which includes a CGV cinema. Landmark 81 are also surrounded in a complex of apartments as part of Vinhomes' Tan Cang, or Central Park. Access the views by paying for SkyView (top 3 floors; 300k/500k weekdays/weekends, children/elderly half price; 200k for VND students on weekdays) or by patronizing one of the restaurants/cafes/lounges on the upper floors (prices vary, but tend to be 100k+ VND, high for Vietnam but about average for global HCOL cities; these are accessible through the Marriott Autograph Collection hotel by transferring elevators at the hotel's skylobby). There's also reasonably priced local and international food in the food court on the lower level.

   Closed · opens 9 am·No entry fees but has parking fees for vehicles

6. Buy

   SC VivoCity

   In District 7, a large shopping centre with a rooftop garden and a playground to keep children occupied.

7. DoTheme park

   Thiên đường giải trí Thỏ Trắng

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