CategoriesDiscover Viet Nam By Ánh Ngọc Trương

Experience with culinary passport

Many domestic and international tourists arriving at the airport or visiting service locations in Da Nang city express delight when receiving a very special passport: the culinary passport.

Tourists arriving at Da Nang Airport are warmly welcomed and presented with gifts, including a culinary passport.

The culinary passport becomes part of a traveler’s backpack essentials, connecting every visitor to 50 selected restaurants that have been carefully vetted and strictly monitored for food safety by local authorities.

After finishing their meals at a restaurant, each table of guests was introduced by staff to the culinary passport program launched by Da Nang’s tourism sector. All guests had to do was present their passport, and the staff would flip it open and stamp it with a unique red seal bearing the words “DaNang Food Tour.”

The Culinary Passport Project, launched in late 2024, offers tourists a unique food experience in Da Nang. At each stop, they get a red “DaNang Food Tour” stamp. The more stamps collected, the more dining discounts and chances to win prizes worth millions of VND.

Some guests are even gifted fresh oysters after meals. The passport mimics a real travel document but highlights local food spots. In March, a major food festival featuring 200 regional and global dishes was held along the East Sea, celebrating the city’s vibrant culinary scene.

The Da Nang Foodtour campaign combines with the Culinary Passport to promote the city’s vibrant cuisine.

Da Nang’s Culinary Passport campaign is drawing much attention by promoting tourism through food experiences. Tourists receive a passport upon arrival, collect stamps at 50 certified restaurants, and enjoy dining discounts or prizes. Many keep it as a memorable souvenir.

Over 10,000 passports have been distributed. A digital food map at foodtourdanang.vn highlights 400 trusted eateries, including Michelin-recommended spots.

In early 2025, Da Nang recorded 1.6 million visitors, with food and beverage revenue up 18.6%, reaching nearly 3 trillion VND.

Source: QNO – en.baoquangnam.vn – Jun 12, 2025

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Da Nang Food Tour Festival 2025 kicks off

The Da Nang Food Tour Festival 2025 officially kicked off the East Sea Park on Friday evening. The opening ceremony of the event was attended by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Chi Cuong.

Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Tran Chi Cuong (left) presents a commemorative medal to the festival sponsor. Photo: NGOC HA

During the opening ceremony, many unique performances brought a vibrant atmosphere to the festival such as a flashmob performance “Fun with the chef”, bartender skill demonstration, and noodle pulling. After the opening, residents and tourists experienced the cuisine at the booths.

Flashmob performance “Fun with the chefs” at the opening ceremony of the food festival. Photo: NGOC HA

On the occasion, the Da Nang Chefs Club was launched with nearly 200 members, providing a playground for professional chefs to share experience and cooking skills to meet the increasingly high and diverse needs of tourists.

The Da Nang Chefs Club was launched. Photo: NGOC HA

The festival lasting until April 1 features many exciting activities. In particular, a culinary space with the theme “Delicious dishes” introduces and serves more than 200 typical dishes and authentic cuisines of Da Nang, Viet Nam and foreign countries. There are rural gift spaces, and rural market spaces.

Many people and tourists experience the cuisine at the festival. Photo: NGOC HA

In addition to enjoying and experiencing cuisine, festival-goers have the opportunity to enjoy the “Da Nang Food Tour – The Chef Competition”, and culinary-themed flashmob performances, music shows, and nighttime DJ performances.

The Da Nang Food Tour Festival is the first of its kind in the city, promising to bring entertainment programmes, diverse culinary activities, and unique and interesting experiences to tourists and locals.

Source: Da Nang Today – baodanang.vn – Mar 29, 202

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Da Nang Food Tour Festival to be held for the first time

The Da Nang Department of Tourism held a press conference on Thursday evening to introduce the Da Nang Food Tour Festival 2025 which will be held for the first time at the East Sea Park from March 28 to April 1.

A press conference in progress

Festival-goers will have the experience the culinary space of Da Nang – Viet Nam – International regions with the theme “Delicious dishes converge”. Accordingly, they will enjoy more than 200 typical and authentic dishes such as Quang noodles, ‘bun mam nem’ (rice vermicelli with fermented anchovy dipping sauce), chicken rice, ‘banh trang cuon thit heo’ (belly pork and vegetables wrapped in soft rice paper), ‘banh xeo’ (steamed rice flour pancakes), seafood, and ‘goi ca Nam O’ (raw fish salad), plus to South Korean, Japanese, European – American, Chinese, Indian, and Thai cuisines.

At the Danang Food Fun experience space, visitors can directly experience how to make ‘banh xeo’, spring rolls and ‘banh it’ (sticky rice cake), along with culinary art performances such as noodle dance, bartender skill demonstration  and ‘Bai Choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards) on the theme of cuisine.

In particular, the programme “More than delicious – Hunting for Da Nang flavours – Exchanging quality gifts” will bring the opportunity for visitors who collect culinary stickers, take check-in photos at the festival, and post information and images on personal channels, to receive valuable gifts from the organisers.

Also, there will be “Da Nang Food Tour – The Chef Competition” with the participation of more than 20 professional and amateur chefs from accommodation and food establishments, and restaurants.

In addition, a wide range of sideline activities will be held, including flashmob performances, special art programme combined with DJ, a video contest of Da Nang street food experience journey, and the Da Nang Food Tour Culinary Passport with the experience of collecting stamps to receive many attractive gifts.

Speaking at the press conference, Ms. Truong Thi Hong Hanh, Director of the municipal Department of Tourism, said that the Da Nang Food Tour Festival will be a new product to serve tourists, and at the same time, contribute to promoting local, Vietnamese and international cuisine, and building and developing Da Nang to become a unique culinary tourism destination on the world tourism map.

Source: Da Nang Today – baodanang.vn – Mar 14, 2025