The 2026 Da Nang New Year Festival - Danang New Year Festival 2026 is ready to welcome visitors to the city on the Han River.
The 2026 New Year's Eve Festival is an annual cultural - tourism event at the city level with many new, attractive and unique cultural, artistic, tourism and entertainment activities, taking place over 5 days (from December 30, 2025 to January 3, 2026).
According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Da Nang City, this year's Da Nang New Year's Eve Festival includes the following activities: Check-in model chain to welcome the New Year 2026; Promoting Da Nang sea tourism; Cheer Fest Cuisine Space - Connecting joy; Chain of art performance programs; First flight and train welcoming program; Connecting activities.
Activities are held at the East bank park of Dragon Bridge (land on Tran Hung Dao - Ly Nam De streets), Bach Dang walking street, Hoi An, Tam Thanh Beach Park, 24/3 Square and many other locations in the city. The festival opens with an opening program and a vibrant art performance at the East bank park of Dragon Bridge (Tran Hung Dao - Ly Nam De area), An Hai ward, at 7:00 p.m. on December 30, 2025.
The highlight of this year's festival is the "Da Nang - New Year's Eve 2026" Boulevard, taking place over three nights, from December 30, 2025 to January 1, 2026 on Bach Dang walking street. The space of the Avenue is recreated as a "creative festival axis", where sound, light and art blend together to create a bustling atmosphere to welcome the New Year.
This year is also the first time Da Nang has organized a large-scale night running race with the theme "Lighting up the Han River - Running to the Future". The race takes place from 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on December 31, 2025 with a distance of about 5km, expected to attract 2,000 athletes and a large number of people and tourists to participate.
At the same time, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism combined large-scale shopping and consumption stimulus activities to increase the spillover effect: Da Nang Year-end Promotion Season Program 2025 - Mega Sale Yea End - Da Nang 2025 (December 1, 2025 - January 18, 2026); Mega Sale Holiday Da Nang 2025 Promotion Festival; Exhibition "Vietnamese Goods - made in Da Nang"...
Speaking at the press conference on the afternoon of December 9, Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Thi - Vice Chairman of Da Nang City People's Committee shared that in 2025, the tourism industry will become a bright spot in the city's socio-economic development process.
Many activities, events and festivals are organized on a large scale, contributing to creating a vibrant and fresh atmosphere, attracting a large number of domestic and international tourists to Da Nang. Da Nang becomes the representative of Vietnam in the "must visit destination in 2026" voted by the prestigious American travel magazine AFAR.
According to Vice Chairwoman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Thi Anh Thi, with a series of meaningful attractive activities, the 2026 Da Nang New Year's Eve Festival is not only a cultural - entertainment activity but also a message of innovation, creativity and integration of Da Nang city.
The 2026 Da Nang New Year Festival not only brings a vibrant and bustling atmosphere at the moment of the old year and welcoming the new year, but also contributes to improving the experience of tourists, diversifying tourism products, and stimulating tourists to Da Nang.
Thereby, creating motivation for the city's tourism industry to continue to make a strong breakthrough in 2026" - Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Thi Anh Thi said.
Within the framework of the press conference, the production team of the movie "Nha Nam Di Thoi" officially announced to the city leaders, media partners about the project and the release plan for the Lunar New Year 2026.
The film is expected to become the first work to bring the image of "New Da Nang" to the big screen comprehensively. This event marks a strategic move, positioning the film not only as an entertainment work, but also as a pioneering project in the cinematic model combined with destinations.
