Ho Chi Minh City Cafes Refresh Themes and Add Photo Services to Attract Customers
Some Ho Chi Minh City cafes change their decor monthly or for holidays to attract customers who enjoy taking photos. They also offer services such as outfit rentals and instant photos. Hỉn Coffee says its Christmas display took two months to create and cost billions of Vietnamese dong.
Some cafes in Ho Chi Minh City regularly change their floral and holiday decorations, using fresh settings to attract customers who enjoy taking photos. Hoài Thương, a 31-year-old local customer, says she checks photos and videos posted by the cafes on social media, chooses her camera angles and outfit, then invites friends to visit.
A customer takes photos at Ngâm Coffee in Ho Chi Minh City.（VietVance）
Nhâm Coffee updates its decor monthly. Its branches have featured banana flowers, tulips and roses, as well as Christmas displays and Lunar New Year themed spaces. Ngâm Coffee, on Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa Street in Ho Chi Minh City, keeps fixtures such as its book wall and records while changing its flowers and small decorative displays.
Holiday decorations can also require substantial spending. Hỉn Coffee has created a scene resembling an Arctic village, complete with artificial snow and Christmas trees. The cafe says on its own information page that its Christmas display took two months to complete and cost billions of Vietnamese dong.
Hỉn Coffee uses artificial snow in its Christmas themed space.（VietVance）
Alongside changing their settings, some cafes offer outfit rentals and instant photo services on site. Two Coffees in Ho Chi Minh City rents out outfits; some cafes bundle drinks with photo services, including a package at Photoby VietNam priced at about 150,000 Vietnamese dong. These services let customers take photos at the cafe as well as buy drinks.
Two Coffees in Ho Chi Minh City offers outfit rentals on site.（VietVance）
Source: VietVance
