Ho Chi Minh City Events - January 2026
Complete guide to events in Ho Chi Minh City for January 2026. Found 2 events with dates, venues and entry details. January 2026 was the run-up to Tet Nguyen Dan, which fell on 17 February that year, so the month's own programme was the pre-Tet season rather than the New Year itself.
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🎊 Public Holidays & City Celebrations
New Year's Day 2026
📅 Thursday, January 1, 2026
Vietnam's first public holiday of 2026, marking the start of the Gregorian year in Ho Chi Minh City and nationwide. New Year's Day is the one statutory holiday that falls in January 2026; 2 January was also a public-sector holiday. Tet Nguyen Dan was still weeks away - Day 1 of the lunar new year fell on 17 February 2026.
Organizer: Government of Vietnam
Location: Ho Chi Minh City and nationwide
📍 Location: Ho Chi Minh City and nationwide
🏷️ Categories: Public Holiday, National
🎉 Festivals & Street Events
Coca-Cola Tet Fest 2026
📅 Friday, January 30 - Sunday, February 1, 2026
The Tet season's biggest free street festival, staged on the market's doorstep. The three days carried a food street of more than 100 dishes, interactive Tet-preparation activities, a music night on 31 January and fireworks, drawing more than 40,000 visitors.
Organizer: Coca-Cola Vietnam
Location: Le Loi - Nguyen Hue Square, District 1 (a few minutes' walk from Ben Thanh Market's main gates)
📍 Location: Le Loi - Nguyen Hue Square, District 1
🏷️ Categories: Festival, Food, Music, Free
🕐 Market Hours & Seasonal Notes
Ben Thanh Market's standing hours, which do not change with the event calendar: the day market runs 06:00-18:00, and the night market - the street-food and souvenir side - runs from 18:00 to about 22:00-23:00.
Tet is a February event, not a January one. The Nguyen Hue Tet Flower Street, a short walk from the market, opened on 15 February 2026 and ran until 22 February, for Tet Nguyen Dan on 17 February. January visitors saw the run-up, not the display itself.
January 2026 carried one Vietnamese public holiday - New Year's Day on 1 January - with 2 January a public-sector holiday.