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Giant, Globetrotting Duck Coming to Saigon this Month

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Wednesday, 23 April 2014.
Written by Saigoneer.

Continuing its international tour, the world’s largest inflatable duck will be making its way to Saigon this month.

The duck, created by Dutch artist, Florentijn Hofman has traversed the globe, from Belgium to Japan as part of the "Spreading joy around the world" tour which kicked-off in 2007.

The 600kg duck, which was constructed with over 200 pieces of PVC, will call District 7's Crescent Lake home from April 27 till the end of May, according to VNExpress.

Sadly, we imagine this will do little to deter the trend of duckface selfies…

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