Hanoi to host spring fairs early February to boost local economy during Tet 2026
Hanoi will usher in the Lunar New Year with a series of large-scale fairs and festivals aimed at energizing consumption, tourism and cultural exchange.
THE HANOI TIMES — Hanoi will host the Spring Fair and Spring Festival 2026 with major Tet shopping zones, OCOP products and regional specialties, aiming to stimulate consumption, tourism and cultural exchange.
Visitors to the Hanoi Autumn Fair 2025 can purchase handcrafted products from Hanoi’s certified craft villages. Photo: Ngoc Tu/The Hanoi Times
The Hanoi Spring Fair 2026 will run from February 4 to February 8 at the Vietnam Exposition Center (VEC) in Dong Anh Ward, Hanoi.
The fair will take place at the Kim Quy Exhibition Hall complex, spanning more than 100,000 square meters of indoor space with 3,000 standard booths, supported by large outdoor exhibition areas.
A key attraction is the “Family Spring – Tet Shopping” zone, which will offer a wide selection of consumer goods, food, gifts and home decoration items, along with spaces for family shopping and entertainment.
The “Vietnamese Agricultural Products – Spreading the Colors of Spring” zone will showcase agricultural produce, food items, One Commune One Product (OCOP) goods and handicrafts from traditional craft villages.
This zone will also introduce clean production, processing and distribution models with traceability, promoting green and sustainable consumption practices.
Another major feature, “Homeland Spring – Regional Specialties from Across the Country,” will provide provinces and cities with exhibition space for clean agricultural products, regional specialties and OCOP items.
Visitors can experience Tet cultural and culinary traditions from different regions, as well as products carrying collective trademarks, certifications and geographical indications.
Alongside the main fair, Hanoi will host trade fairs, exhibitions and Tet product promotion activities in 30 wards and communes across the city to meet shopping demand for the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Horse in 2026.
In parallel, the Spring Festival 2026 will take place from February 5 to February 12 at the F1 racetrack area near My Dinh National Stadium in Tu Liem Ward.
The festival will serve as a large-scale cultural, commercial and tourism event marking the opening of the lunar new year.
Through these activities, Hanoi aims to present itself as a dynamic capital, which is rich in cultural identity, while stimulating consumption, boosting tourism and trade and deepening cultural exchange during the Tet holiday season.
The Tet 2026 will officially run from February 14 to February 22.
