Coffee festival «Grand Coffee Challenge 2026 – Kỳ Hồ Chí Minh» (Ho Chi Minh City stage)

   Three days of everything coffee in the heart of the city's startup hub: booths pouring free tastings of specialty brews, teas, pastries and experimental drinks, while baristas battle it out on the main stage.

   The 2026 series

   Grand Coffee Event is an event ecosystem for the Coffee & F&B industry: the Hanoi stage ran in June at the Cong Doan hotel, Da Nang followed in July at APEC Park, and Ho Chi Minh City closes this year's circuit. The Grand Coffee Challenge gathers barista contestants from Vietnam and abroad; its operator, Vietnam Coffee Challenge, bills it as the biggest barista competition in the country.

   There is plenty here for the trade — café owners, roasters and buyers will find booths of partner brands such as Dalatmilk and Vietblend — and just as much for anyone who simply loves coffee and wants to taste, in one visit, what the industry is up to.

   Drop by for an hour and you may well leave with a new favourite brew.