"A great place for outdoor activities with children on the weekend. It’s the nearest amusement park in Ho Chi Minh City. Although it’s a bit old, it’s still enjoyable and fun. The price is around 300,000 VND for access to most of the games."

Phúc Phạm

"The fee structure can be confusing for a tourist, so check the website (using a translator). Definitely recommend just buying the full package that includes aquarium and rides that cost 300k VND for adults. Otherwise, you'll have to pay for each ride / aquarium that you visit at the ticketing booths inside.

Lots of rides were closed and it was very deserted. Honestly a great time to visit as there is virtually no queues at all for any of the rides. I really enjoyed the rocking ship ride and the spinny tornado ride. The fish pendulum ride wasn't as fun and made me a bit sick frankly.

I wanted to ride the roller coaster but I couldn't find it. It was probably closed though.

Still, even without going for any of the rides, there were lots to see. The theme park features many gardens and 'landscapes' that make for great photo ops. Plenty of places to sit and lounge around too. I didn't eat anything there but I only noted one place open that sold food, found near one of the entrances."

J K

"Dam Sen Cultural Park (Vietnamese: Công viên Văn hóa Đầm Sen) is an amusement park located in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The park has an area of 50 hectares, of which 20% comprises lakes and 60% trees and gardens.

The park comprises 30 areas: an electronic games zone, folk tales theater, antique castle, square, small west lake, Nam Tu royal garden, rock garden, and water palace, dancing island, sea life center, subaquatic puppet theater, ancient Giac Vien pagoda, butterfly garden, fishing area, ky long display zone, tea store, adventure games zone, swan lake, horse’s gallop lake, western flower garden, ancient Rome-themed square, cultural square, water musical scene, bowling area, sport services area, crayfish fishing lake, Thuy Ta restaurant, children's play area, picture lamps, nine fragment edge, Monorail station, and Monorail track.

The tropical garden contains more than 70 species of birds and 20 species of animals. A 22-meter-high rock garden contains several waterfalls and caves, the largest cavern of which is decorated as a water palace and holds many colorful fishes. The Nam Tu royal garden features an orchidaceous garden and valuable bonsai ornamental trees. The park's adventure playgrounds and activities, including slide yard, electric cars, high-speed slide train, and water park, are popular with teenagers.

The park has a number of features unique in Vietnam: its 2km monorail, affording views from five meters above the ground; adventure boats that cross the waterfall; and the unusual "Roman" square, featuring European flowers including roses, classical Roman-style stone pillars, statues, and a musical water show with 3,000 seat

Before 1975, the land on which Dam Sen now stands was wild marshland. Between 1976 and 1978 the land was drained and turned over to cultivation by workforces mobilized by the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.

By 1983 the project covered around 30 hectares of water and vegetation, and its management was delegated from the city to the 11th District. The 11th enlisted three groups; the good corporation, cultural company, and seafood enterprise, to run the park.

In 1989, the operation of the project switched to Phu Tho Travel Service Company, a new unit split from Distinct 11 Foods Corporation."

Alan Le