6 festivals in 2 cities, soonest first.
6 food festivals with a guide across 2 cities in Vietnam, in date order from today. Each opens the festival page with dates, what to eat and what to book around it. How these cities compare with the rest: the city food festival index.
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The Hanoi Beer Festival is HABECO's annual event at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace, with areas for Bia Ha Noi, Bia Hoi Ha Noi and Hanoi Premium, food and a music programme.
TipThe 2025 edition ran Friday 21 November, 16:00 to 20:00, and Saturday 22 November, 10:00 to 20:00; the 2026 dates are not announced.
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Tet is the Lunar New Year. In Hanoi it brings banh chung sticky-rice cakes, mut Tet candied fruit and a spring flower market along Hang Luoc, Hang Khoai, Hang Ruoi and Hang Ma.
TipIn 2027 New Year's Day falls on 6 February and the official break runs 4 to 10 February; the 2027 flower market dates are not announced (2026: 30 January to 16 February).
Tet Nguyen Dan, the Lunar New Year, is the main Vietnamese holiday: Nguyen Hue becomes a flower street and tables fill with banh chung, banh tet, braised pork with duck egg, candied fruit and pickled scallion heads.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Vietnam Banh Mi Festival gathers leading brands, artisans and bakeries at Le Van Tam Park, with a memory zone that traces the evolution of banh mi; the fourth edition ran from 23 to 26 April 2026.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Tet Trung Thu in Hanoi turns Hang Ma into a lantern-and-mooncake corridor every autumn, with traditional toys, paper masks and pop-up mooncake stalls.
TipMid-Autumn falls on 15 September in 2027. The 2026 market ran on Hang Ma Street up to 25 September; the 2027 market is not announced.
For the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cho Lon's Luong Nhu Hoc street sells lanterns, masks and lion heads, and baked and sticky mooncakes come in sweet and savoury flavours, with lion dances and lantern parades.
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