'Saigon Sail' time lapse video shows summer in HCM City

The colorful portrait of HCM city video is shown in a video called "Saigon Sail" by videographer Pierre Ogeron.

Three months of work paid off for videographer Pierre Ogeron.

A corner of Saigon River

The result of his labor is a stirring, colorful portrait of Vietnam's largest city, Ho Chi Minh City, during summer.

Tourists bustle through the former capital's squares and restaurants, fireworks crackle in the distance, and the skyscrapers glow neon against the night sky.

The video is called "Saigon Sail," a combination of Ho Chi Minh's former name ("Saigon") and the song Ogeron used as a bed for his masterpiece ("Sail," by Los Angeles rockers Awolnation.)