Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee has just issued a document directing the coordination of organizing Pho Festival activities in 2026 in the province to honor the value of traditional culinary culture, and at the same time promote Ninh Binh tourism image to a large number of people and tourists.
Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee agreed in principle to organize the Pho Festival 2026, expected to take place from March 19-22 at Thien Truong pedestrian street space (Thong Nhat urban area, Thien Truong ward) and Van Cu village (Nam Dong commune).
The Pho Festival 2026 is organized with the theme "Vietnamese Pho - Living Heritage in the Heart of Time", the program is organized according to the experience space orientation of the theme "Journey through the pages of the Pho Viet heritage menu".
The program gathers 50 booths of famous Pho businesses and brands in Vietnam selected, participating in performances and promoting images recreating the formation, development and spread of Vietnamese Pho through the 3-region Pho space.
The organization of the Pho Festival 2026 in Ninh Binh aims to affirm the historical source of Vietnamese pho and the continuous development of this culinary heritage through regions and regions. At the same time, this is also an opportunity to honor, preserve and orient the development of the value of Vietnamese pho in the context that this traditional dish has been recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
