Vietnam Exhibition Center (VEC), Đông Anh, Hanoi — the North Field, capacity, and what to know before you go

The basics

• Name: Vietnam Exhibition Center / National Exhibition Center (VEC); in Vietnamese, Trung tâm Triển lãm Việt Nam.
• Where: Đông Anh, Hanoi, north of the Red River.
• Opened: 19 August 2025.
• Size: over 900,000 m² in all, the largest in Southeast Asia according to CafeF; about 200,000 m² of outdoor exhibition space.
• Indoors: nine exhibition blocks of about 10,000 m² each and a 7,000 m² main hall; the Kim Quy hall covers 13 ha under a dome over 56 m high and 360 m across.
• Sân Bắc (the North Field): an open-air field for up to 50,000 people, according to VietnamPlus.

Figures from VietnamPlus (17 August 2025), CafeF (19 August 2025) and Dân trí (11 August 2025).

What has been held there, and what is coming

• V-Concert “Rạng rỡ Việt Nam” and V-Fest, August 2025: the two opening nights, about 50,000 people, according to Dân trí.
• The exhibition for the 80th National Day, 28 August–5 September 2025.
• HIEUTHUHAI’s MẮT NHẮM MẮT MỞ CONCERT • DAY 3, Sunday 1 November 2026, on the North Field — sale dates and rules in our HIEUTHUHAI Day 3 Hanoi ticket guide, the areas on the field in our seating map guide.

Before a concert on the North Field

• It is open-air: check Hanoi’s forecast for the day and bring a thin raincoat rather than an umbrella (umbrellas are usually not allowed in and block the people behind).
• Gates and parking: each show publishes its own gates, parking and door times; read that show’s notice rather than assume from the last one.
• Mobile tickets: open and save them beforehand; with 50,000 people arriving, data at the gates can be slow.
• What to bring: see what to bring to a concert.