S. Iceskate, a 425 square-meter ice-skating rink on the third floor of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Culture House at 4 Pham Ngoc Thach Street in District 1 opened last Sunday.

The country’s only ice-skating facility is kept at a temperature of 180C.

Structural components and rental equipment conforming to international standards, and worth around US$ 300.000, were imported f-rom the US, according to center’s director Hoang Van Anh.

HCMC’s first ice rink opened in Ho Ky Hoa Park, in district 10 in 1997, but was closed shortly thereafter.

Use of the facilities costs VND50,000 (US$2.5) per person, per 90 minutes and it includes ice-skates rental.