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Ho Thi Ky market in District 10, Saigon, has two faces: a flower wholesale market that comes alive at midnight, and a food street that bustles in the evening. We introduce how to enjoy this locally rooted market whose expression changes by the hour.

"Dong Dat," a long-established eatery of 35 years in central Ho Chi Minh, closed at the end of 2025. Known for its owner-lady who read out bills rap-style, she showed tears in parting from customers. In a redeveloping city center, back-alley food culture is vanishing.

On Da Nang's Son Tra Peninsula, June 6-11, 2026, the gastronomy-art festival "Art Meets Gastronomy" was held. Michelin three-star chef Le Squer and Japanese chef Junichi Yoshida offered an experience fusing painting and cooking.

Ho Chi Minh's NÔM, whose name bears the Chu Nom script, became the first winner of the "Opening of the Year" newly established by Michelin Guide Vietnam 2026. One-star restaurants reached 11, hitting double digits for the first time.

In Michelin Guide Vietnam 2026, Ho Chi Minh's Tales by Chapter earned a Green Star. With a cycle that turns cooking scraps into fermentation and a plant-based menu, it was rated as Vietnam's first zero-waste fine dining.

The seaside city of Da Nang is a coastal escape to "eat, play, and relax." With My Khe Beach as your base, we introduce how to enjoy central Vietnamese fare like the turmeric golden noodle mi quang and five-color xoi (glutinous rice).

Saigon's popular patisserie BAKES newly opened a three-story glass building in Thao Dien. We introduce the appeal of this new shop, set to become a mecca of baked goods, along with signature items like croissants and macarons.

The first-ever fruit festival in Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta drew about 500,000 people over four days. We introduce how to enjoy the peak of June fruit-picking, where specialties such as mango and durian gather.

A video reworking Ben E. King's famous song as "Stand banh mi" spread on TikTok. Stalls in Hanoi, Hoi An, and Ho Chi Minh appear, and interest in Vietnamese street food is rising again.

In District 1, Ho Chi Minh, you enter a narrow alley off Pasteur street and climb to the second floor of an apartment. Beyond the door spreads a Gothic other-world where skeletons, taxidermy, and neon signs fill the walls — The Alchemist Cafe. It was originally a neo-traditional tat...