Hanoi, Saigon and other destinations mostly close down during Tet – Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) to welcome the biggest celebration of the year. Many of your favorite spots or such well-known food places might be closed for at least some of the time, especially smaller restaurants and shops. But don’t worry and don’t lose hope! Many places will still be open for business throughout the holiday. Here’s a list for you!

Fast Food: KFC, Lotteria, McDonald’s, and Burger King

Such famous fast food restaurant chains as KFC, Lotteria, McDonald’s, and Burger King in Vietnam still open over Tet Holiday to serve all fast-food lovers. IN Vietnam, Lotteria and KFC are the most popular brands of all the mentioned giants. Korea’s Lotteria is well-known for its signature soybean chicken whereas American KFC offers its crispy spicy chicken. Let’s have some fast food in Vietnam and see how different it is from what you eat in your home country! All the spices are actually changed when the franchise moves into a new country to meet the locals’ taste buds.

Highway 4

The chain of Highway 4 restaurants offers Vietnamese cuisine. It is where you can eat the local food even though it happens during the Tet Holiday. They also often offer lucky money for the very first customers coming to their restaurants at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

Pizza: Al Fresco’s, Pizza Hut, Pizza Domino and Pizza Inn

When it comes to popular foods to choose from for a franchise business, pizza would always appear on the top of the list. There are many franchise options – but pizza continues to be loved by families everywhere – anytime! Al Fresco’s, Pizza Hut, Pizza Domino and Pizza Inn are the best pizza franchises in Vietnam.

Gongcha Milktea

Gong Cha is a Taiwanese drink shop franchise. It expanded to Vietnam in 2014 and it has been doing a great job in the country, becoming one of the top milk tea brands. Gong Cha serves a total of more than fifty different drinks that can be divided into different types: signatures, brewed tea, milk tea, “Creative Mix”, coffee, “Healthy Series”, etc. They also offer drinks in medium and large sizes.

Cộng Coffee

Cong coffee chain is famous among both locals and expats in Vietnam. The coffee shop is explicitly designed in Viet Cong style, or we call The Vietnam Communist design. It recalls the days of state ownership and all communism and propaganda themes. Seen through Westerners’ eyes, Cộng‘s style is quite provocative but still worth a visit after all. The best drinks in Cong Coffee is their signature Coconut Coffee. Don’t miss it!

Starbucks Coffee

Starbucks open over Tet Holiday to serve people craving for some arabica coffee! Let’s have a cup of espresso in any of the last few days of the year or the first few days of the New Year!