Ho Chi Minh City Events - February 2027
3 dated events in Ho Chi Minh City in February 2027, with the dates, the venues, what each one costs and the sources behind every line.
If you only have a few days
- Friday 5 – Wednesday 10 February — Tết. Giao thừa is the evening of the 5th, mùng 1 the 6th. This is the week that defines the month; plan everything else around it.
- Saturday 20 February — the Lantern Festival parade in Chợ Lớn. The biggest night of the Chinese-Vietnamese year in Saigon, and free.
- 3–10 February — the international folklore festival, if it turns out to have public access. It is a participant event with no published audience programme, so do not build a trip on it.
What is on in Ho Chi Minh City in February 2027
February 2027 is Tết and its aftermath. The public holiday runs Thursday 4 to Wednesday 10 February — seven days — with Giao thừa on the evening of Friday 5 February and mùng 1 on Saturday 6 February. Then the city reopens, and the month ends with the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Saturday 20 February.
Tết Nguyên Đán Đinh Mùi — Lunar New Year
Giao thừa (New Year's Eve) Friday 5 February 2027; Mùng 1 on Saturday 6 February; public holiday Thursday 4 – Wednesday 10 February 2027
City-wide — the centre of gravity is Nguyễn Huệ, Chợ Lớn and the pagodas
The reason you plan around February at all: the city half-closes for a week and the days either side run on a completely different rhythm.
Seven consecutive public holidays, Thursday 4 to Wednesday 10 February 2027 (28 tháng Chạp to mùng 5 tháng Giêng), with work resuming on Thursday 11 February. Giao thừa is the evening of Friday 5 February and mùng 1 is Saturday 6 February.
What that means practically: markets thin out, many family restaurants close, the pagodas and Nguyễn Huệ fill up, and transport out of the city books solid for days beforehand. The week is the event; everything else in the city rearranges around it.
Cost and practicalities
Free to observe; expect transport and accommodation to be at their most expensive.
What is not confirmed
Nothing about the 2027 flower street, the 2027 fireworks sites or a specific Nguyễn Huệ window is announced. Do not print the 2026 hours and call them 2027.
Sources: Cafef (Văn bản 10065/VPCP-KGVX + Thông báo 11483/TB-BNV: 4/2–10/2/2027) · VietnamNet (same window, same lunar anchors)
Tết Nguyên Tiêu — Lantern Festival in Chợ Lớn
Saturday 20 February 2027 — the 15th day of the first lunar month, the festival's main day
Chợ Lớn, District 5 — the temple streets are the traditional centre
The biggest night of the Chinese-Vietnamese year in Saigon: lion and dragon troupes, lanterns and a street parade.
The Hoa community's programme runs across several days, roughly 17–23 February 2027 (the 12th to the 18th lunar day), with the street parade on the 15th, Saturday 20 February.
Recognised as national intangible cultural heritage, with the certificate presented on 5 July 2020 after a 2019 proposal.
Cost and practicalities
Free to watch from the street.
What is not confirmed
The date is arithmetic on the Government's Tết notice and is solid. The programme — start time, route, which temple hosts — is set by District 5 and published in February: no start time, route or host temple is printed here.
Sources: Vietnam News (15th day, District 5, 12th–18th window, parade, certificate 5 July 2020) · nhatnguyet.org (lunar-to-Gregorian table) · hcmcinsider.com (independent listing: 20 February 2027) · Cafef (mùng 1 = 6 Feb, for the arithmetic)
2nd International Ethnic Folklore Festival
Wed 3 – Wed 10 February 2027 (participation packages run 3–8 February)
Ho Chi Minh City — venues across the city; the hall list is not published
An international folk-dance and music gathering that overlaps the Tết week: foreign troupes pay to attend and perform.
Read this one carefully before you plan around it: it is a participant festival, sold to folk ensembles as a package (330 or 400 EUR per person, covering a three-star hotel, full board and one competition day), directed by Ms Vagdevi Karumuri. It is not a public concert, and no spectator ticket or audience arrangement is published.
What that means for a visitor: troupes from several countries will be in the city this week, and venues and any public access will be announced nearer the date. If a folk festival is your reason for coming, ask the organiser before booking; otherwise treat it as background to Tết week rather than a fixture.
Cost and practicalities
Participant package: 330 or 400 EUR per person (not a spectator ticket).
What is not confirmed
No public programme, no venue list and no audience ticket. The second source is a blog.
Sources: eaff.eu festival listing (dates, fees, director) · vietnamwithme.com (programme shape — secondary)
Before you go
Tết week is the one period in the year when the normal advice inverts: many family restaurants and shops close, prices for transport rise, and the pagodas and Nguyễn Huệ are where the city actually is. Book intercity travel well before the holiday. By the last week of February everything is open again and the Lantern Festival takes over Chợ Lớn for several days, with the parade on the 20th.
More Ho Chi Minh City events
All 2027 Ho Chi Minh City events · January 2027
Download the February 2027 iCal feed (.ics) to put these on your phone.
What has not been announced
The Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street design is approved but its 2027 dates, hours and road closures are not published; neither are the Tao Đàn spring flower fair, Tết Book Street, the giao thừa fireworks sites or the spring flower markets. The Lantern Festival's route, start time and host temple are set by District 5 in February. None of it is dated here. Three dated rows is what the month has: no dated food event and no dated Tết market has been announced for February, which is a statement about what has been published, not about the city.