Why are people crowded at the bread festival?

The third Vietnam Bread Festival in 2025 took place at Le Van Tam Park (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) from March 21 to 24, attracting a large number of visitors to enjoy bread. During the festival, many streets around the park were crowded, the atmosphere was vibrant with bustling stalls serving bread to diners.

At popular stalls, customers have to wait in line. Parking lots around the park are overloaded, making it difficult for customers to find parking.

Crowds of locals and tourists attend the third Vietnamese bread festival

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Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh, President of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association, said that despite the hot weather during the festival, the stalls ensured the ingredients from the reception stage to the time of delivery to the customers. Many stalls registered to reserve seats for next year's festival. According to the organizers, the stalls were busy preparing more bread, but there was no synchronization between the supply and sales departments, so there was a situation where customers lined up, waited, and when it was their turn, the bread ran out.

International tourists are excited to attend the bread festival

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Bread is a favorite dish of locals and tourists.

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The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association added that the fourth Vietnam Bread Festival will overcome the limitations, have more experiential activities, more beautiful decorations, and add a live scene of a wood-fired bread oven...

After the bread festival, the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association plans to organize a rice noodle festival in May. The first Vietnamese bread festival is expected to take place in Australia in September.

The unit has planned and connected with Vietnamese bread brands in Australia and bread-related export units. Because famous bread brands in Vietnam do not have international food safety certificates, they will not be present at this festival.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vi-sao-nguoi-dan-dong-nghet-o-le-hoi-banh-mi-185250328134903166.htm