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Flaky croissants baked with butter sourced from France. Bakes Saigon is a bakery café where you can enjoy authentically crafted French pastry in Ho Chi Minh City. Freshly baked goods arrive from a workshop led by a French executive pastry chef ...

Vietnam's beverage chain market surpassed 1.3 billion dollars in 2026. According to a report by Singapore venture capital Momentum Works, the coffee-chain segment was 725 million dollars (up 27% year on year) and the tea-chain segment 617 million dollars (up 28%), Southeast Asia...

As an entry point into Hanoi's café culture, egg coffee is unmissable. Said to have been devised by Nguyễn Văn Giảng in 1946, it is a drink in which a rich egg-based cream is layered over coffee. At the same time, Hanoi today has a growing number of specialty shops handling Vietnamese-grown beans. Both...

The 4th Vietnam Banh Mi Festival, held April 23–26, 2026, at Lê Văn Tám Park in Ho Chi Minh City, drew more than 150 booths and over 200,000 visitors, and also featured a "French Market" organized by the French Chamber of Commerce. This article supplements a separate overview piece by examining...

Saigontourist Group's "Food Culture and Gastronomy Festival 2026" was held and concluded at the Văn Thánh tourism area in Ho Chi Minh City from March 26–29, 2026. According to the organizer, approximately 50 hotels, resorts, and restaurants participated, showcasing 500 dishes. Post-event media reports put attendance at approximately 80,000 visitors...

In February 2026, China's largest food-delivery company, Meituan, established a corporation in Vietnam. Named Meituan Technology Co., Ltd., it was set up in Ho Chi Minh City. From March it began hiring for business-development roles, and preparations for a full-scale entry into the Vietnamese market are steadily advancing...

On March 27–28, 2026, green Robusta bean prices fell sharply across the main coffee-trading areas of Vietnam's Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen) — Dak Lak Province, Gia Lai Province, and the areas of the former Dak Nong Province and former Lam Dong Province that were merged into the new Lam Dong Province in the July 2025 administrative reorganization...

The food and hospitality trade show Food & Hospitality Vietnam 2026 was held at SECC in Ho Chi Minh City from March 24–26, 2026. The original article introduced the plans in the present tense at the time of opening, but the event has since concluded. Approximately 400 exhibitor booths, 36 countries and regions, approximately 17,000...

On March 26, 2026, the Global Coffee Alliance (GCA) declaration was signed at an international coffee conference in Hanoi. It is a cooperation platform on coffee industry sustainability, proposed by TNI King Coffee. The vision is ambitious, but this is not the launch of an international organization or intergovernmental treaty...

Vietnam's leading travel and tourism group "Saigontourist Group" is holding a major food-culture festival in Ho Chi Minh City. This event, letting you taste over 500 dishes across 10 themes, is a perfect chance to experience Vietnamese food culture in full. Currently...