Tết Gift Guide: 5 Local Artisan Gift Boxes from Vietnam we love
Vietnam’s most important and longest holiday, Tết (Lunar New Year), is a time for family reunions, generosity, and thoughtful indulgence. If you are looking for meaningful Tết hampers for loved ones, colleagues, or business partners, this guide highlights five beautifully curated gift boxes that celebrate local artisans, from elevated traditional staples to modern limited-edition treats.
A Food Writer’s Curated Tết Gift Boxes
Marking the debut Tết gift box collection from Saigon Social by Jovel Chan, the range features four thoughtfully curated boxes — Abundance, Prosperity, Treasure and Vitality — celebrating small-batch Vietnamese craftsmanship and limited-edition products. Highlights include fine Vietnamese robusta coffee, heirloom Vietnamese chocolate, a customised gold phin, and symbolic local snacks like roasted cashews and dried pomelo.
The standout Abundance Box (VND 2,050,000) includes an 18-month-aged craft apricot liquor, Mountain black tea, ginseng honey, bird’s nest and a customised gold phin, while Prosperity and Treasure focus on refined cacao and coffee gifting from VND 55,000, providing more accessible and affordable options. Each box is wrapped in silk red cloth and comes with product notes, symbolism, and a personalised gift card.
Price: From 550,000 vnd (including free delivery above 1,500,000 vnd)
Website: https://saigon-social.com/product-category/specials/
Source: Ikachi
Ikachi: “Green” Tet Gift Boxes
Known for its design-led and eco-conscious approach to gifting, Ikachi Gift creates “green” Tết gift boxes that pair Vietnamese flavours with cultural storytelling and reusable, keepsake packaging. The brand’s mid-tier to premium boxes feature curated local treats such as soft-dried mango and jackfruit, freeze-dried pineapple, Bình Phước cashews, candied ginger, plums, and chilli-garlic taro chips, all inspired by familiar Tết flavours and tea-table snacking.
Standout sets like Spring of Wealth and A Year of Plenty go beyond food, incorporating thoughtful details such as porcelain tea sets, fortune slips, and traditional dice games that encourage family interaction and festive rituals. With a strong emphasis on symbolism, sustainability, and presentation, Ikachi’s gift boxes feel considered and experiential, making them a polished choice for both personal and corporate Tết gifting.
Price: From 550,000 VND (including free delivery above 1,500,000 VND)
Website: https://ikachigift.vn/
Source: Ans Gift
Ans: Thoughtful, Health-Driven Tết Gifts
Positioned as a healthy and corporate-friendly option, Ans Gift focuses on well-balanced Tết gift boxes designed for partners, clients, and employees. The Ans 20 Tết Gift Box is presented in a sturdy wooden box and features a curated selection of nutritious imported items, including Korean ginseng honey, American pistachios and butter almonds, Chilean raisins, dried grapefruit peel, and Snow Flower peach blossom tea, offering a thoughtful alternative to sugar-heavy festive hampers.
Ideal for bulk corporate gifting, Ans Gift places strong emphasis on food safety and certified sourcing, while also offering custom packaging, logo printing, and dependable large-scale fulfilment for businesses.
Price: From 870,000 vnd
Source: The Bloom
The Bloom: Simple yet stunning with a nod to nature
But if you are an old, nostalgic soul with a soft spot for unassuming traditional packaging that is filled with only high-quality goodies, look no further than what The Bloom — a Ho Chi Minh City-based concept store that promotes organic local produce and goods from all over Vietnam — has to offer. Carefully arranged and packed in nostalgic, environment-friendly bamboo woven bags are the specialties from various cities and provinces in Vietnam from the shrimp sausages of Long An, to buffalo jerky of Buon Me Thuot in the Central Highlands, to pickled onions from Hue and wild shitake mushrooms from Sa Pa… And most importantly, The Bloom’s price range is very diverse and well-paced, which starts from 530,000 VND and goes up to 3,860,000 VND for a bag.
Price: From 530,000 vnd to 3,860,000
More info: www.thebloom.vn
Source: amaï:
amaï: Mindful Happiness in a Box
Another unconventional hamper recommendation from us, amaï — the ceramic brand that is known for elegance and playfulness, is releasing a series of Tết boxes pairing their ceramic wares with local flavours such as tea, apricot craft liquor, and tropical fruit jams. As Tết is also a time for everyone to slow down after a year of hard work, these gift sets from Amaï are beautiful reminders for yourself and people you care about to live in the moment, and to enjoy the goodness of life. Options to customise your own box are available as you are free to pick whatever colours you want. amaï’s Tết Wow Boxes are available for purchase both in-store and online, starting from 1,450,000 VND to 2,720,000 VND.
Price: From 530,000 vnd to 3,860,000
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