The Vietnam Festival 2026 executive committee said April 21 that “Vietnam Festival 2026” will be held in late May at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward.
The two-day event is scheduled for May 30-31 at the park’s event plaza. Organizers said it will feature 120 booths and is expected to draw 180,000 visitors.
With “immersive festival” as its theme, the event will expand hands-on content and include performances of Vietnam’s traditional water puppet theater, along with concerts by popular Vietnamese artists.
Organizers said a mobile ordering system will be introduced for the first time, allowing visitors to order and pay by smartphone via QR codes at the venue, in an effort to reduce wait times and improve the overall experience.
The water puppet shows, typically staged in theaters, will be performed several times a day in the festival’s open-air setting.
Concerts will feature ERIK and Ngô Lan Hương, organizers said.
The Vietnam Festival has been held annually since 2008 and is Japan’s largest Japan-Vietnam exchange event, drawing more than 100,000 visitors each year. In 2025, it attracted 140,000 visitors.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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