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What is changing in town and when — in time to adjust your plans.
Da Lat flies abroad again in December
Lien Khuong reopened on 19 August and took more than twenty-five flights on the first day, but everything is domestic so far. Singapore is announced for December, three flights a week, and Seoul the same month, four a week; Kuala Lumpur runs four times a week. The province names no exact dates inside December, and plans here have slipped before.
Flower Festival: 12–31 December
The eleventh Da Lat Flower Festival runs from 12 to 31 December: the opening is on the evening of 19 December at Lam Vien square, the closing doubles as the New Year programme on 31 December. Eleven main programmes and twenty-five side events — the busiest fortnight of the year, so rooms go early.
Tet 2027 starts on 6 February
Lunar New Year falls on Saturday 6 February 2027, with New Year's Eve on the 5th. The official holiday calendar is not signed yet: the ministry has put forward two options — 4–10 February or 5–14 February. Plan around it: family businesses shut for a week or more, and transport and rooms are booked out well in advance.
Crypto fines start on 1 September — but not for everyone yet
Decree 284/2026/ND-CP takes effect and sets a fine of 30–50 million dong for trading crypto assets outside a venue licensed by the Ministry of Finance. Two things narrow it. The offence points to article 7(2) of resolution 05/2025, which only starts to bite six months after the first venue is licensed — and none has been. And it is written about domestic investors, which the law defines by Vietnamese citizenship. Other offences in the decree, and the ban on paying with crypto, do reach foreigners.