Le Truong Huy - 'Huy Hay Di': The hottest GenZ travel blogger today

Looking back on the journey from male Vuong student to the young favorite travel blogger of 'Huy Hay Di'.

Winning the Nam Vuong Student Award in Ho Chi Minh City in 2017, Le Truong Huy chose the path of becoming a travel blogger to tell the stories of young people in his own way.

Recently, young people have "passed on" travel videos of a friend with a charming smile and a warm voice with the impressive name "Huy or go". Specializing in sharing the life of a young person and the valuable experiences gained on each journey with sincerity, travel blogger "Huy hay go" has received positive sympathy from everyone even though it has only officially appeared. on YouTube for 5 months.

Charming Southern King

"Huy or go" is the nickname of Le Truong Huy, 24 years old, a former student of Tourism at the University of Culture in Ho Chi Minh City. Before becoming a travel blogger, Huy won the second prize in the beauty contest of the university's students in the second year of university, and then won the male prize in the beauty contest for all students in HCMC (2017).

After graduation, Huy has many opportunities to become a tour guide at travel agencies. However, from the two competitions above, he caught the eye of many photographers, brand managers... and became a photo model, then the catwalk. Huy had a year in this job, but then decided to pause to officially switch to being an online content creator, with the simple thought that "just want to share with everyone my travels". .

Huy founded a YouTube channel 6 years ago, but at that time just created an account and didn't think he would do anything. "At that time, I just took a clip as a souvenir and posted it because I was afraid of losing my phone, losing my memory card; at that time, I didn't think about copying this or that but posting it for Google and Youtube to keep...", Huy shared. shall.

When Huy posted a video about his journey to discover the surrounding life in his hometown of Pleiku (Gia Lai), many friends texted to ask "why not make videos anymore" and encouraged him to do more. videos because people love to watch. With everyone's support, then, 9X decided to stick with YouTube and pursue the path of professional travel blogger.

"The first video I made was a solo trip to Bangkok and Pattaya (Thailand). At that time, I didn't know how to talk, didn't know how to communicate, I just filmed and went back to insert subtitles below for everyone. watch", the owner of the YouTube channel "Remembers often.

As the youngest child in a family of 3 sisters, when seeing that their son did not choose a stable job but roamed with trips, his parents shared their wish that Huy would return to his hometown to help support the family.

Huy continued: "My parents are also farmers, so everything on Youtube or on the internet is a bit surprising. They all asked if they had enough money to live in Saigon, why did they choose that job.. At first, my parents also wondered, but after a while, when I did a lot, they understood and sympathized with me. I also had a plan for the future and also presented it to my parents, so my parents also very comfortable".

Learn many things

Not only "good to go", Huy also has a special hobby of going alone. Huy said, he used to take a bus from Gia Lai for 12 hours to Vung Tau when he was 14 years old; When I was young, I often went to the forest alone, on weekends or climbed mountains or camped overnight.

It is from not being afraid to go alone that helps Huy confidently shoot videos and can take the initiative in time in schedules.

One of the reasons why Huy is so popular with young people is his warm voice that goes into people's hearts. "Since doing YouTube, I've learned many things, from learning to edit, learning how to talk, learning about culture to learning from the people I interact with," Huy said.

The next journey of discovery will be directed to the difficult people

After only 5 months of appearing on Youtube, travel blogger "Huy hay go" has achieved an impressive number of 30,000 subscribers, videos have an average view of 18 - 20,000.

Currently, travel blogger 9X is cherishing and planning a trip to localities with many difficult people such as Thanh Hoa, Gia Lai or some northern provinces. He is gathering a group of young friends about 10 people, just waiting for the epidemic to be under control to leave.

"The first place I want to go is Gia Lai, where there are patients with leprosy, amputee and amputee. I don't set up a charity group to distribute gifts simply, but I aim for such a trip. so that young people or even myself can experience the lives of those in difficulty, thereby appreciating life and sharing it with those around them."

In addition to supporting a small amount of money for the people, Huy and his group of friends also came up with the idea to create many meaningful activities for the children who are children of ethnic minorities, adding smiles to their childhoods with many disadvantages. disadvantaged compared to peers.

Previously, Huy also shared pictures taken in the Zoo and Botanical Garden during the "rescue" campaign launched by this site due to the heavy influence of the Covid-19 epidemic. Huy's photos were quickly responded to by netizens, contributing to spreading the positive message to help Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden overcome difficulties.

Travel blogger 9X shared: "Currently, the Zoo and Botanical Garden has stopped receiving support because they have received enough for their activities, they do not want to receive any more but want to save it for other places that are also affected. But I think if everyone has the opportunity, they should go to the Zoo and Botanical Garden to have fun, because going there will not only enjoy the fresh air, but everyone will know how to appreciate and love the animals in it a lot. than".

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