BIGBANG Announces Ho Chi Minh City Exhibition After Hanoi Shows Draw About 90,000 Fans

COSMOS brings the anniversary celebration to southern Vietnam

BIGBANG will bring its COSMOS 20th anniversary media exhibition to Ho Chi Minh City after two concerts at Hanoi's My Dinh National Stadium on October 24 and 25 drew about 90,000 attendees. Organizer VPShow announced the southern stop as the group continues an anniversary programme combining stadium performances with exhibitions built around its music, images and fan memories.

Ho Chi Minh City is the third announced exhibition destination after Seoul and Hong Kong. The Seoul main exhibition ran from August 24 to September 27, 2026, while Hong Kong is scheduled to host COSMOS from November 18 to December 27, 2026.

For fans in southern Vietnam who missed the Hanoi performances, the announcement offers another way to experience the anniversary project closer to home. COSMOS uses virtual reality, projected images, music and interactive installations to revisit the group's career rather than presenting a conventional display of photographs and memorabilia.

VPShow has not yet announced the Ho Chi Minh City dates, venue, ticket prices, merchandise or final list of experiences. The announcement was reported on November 8, although November 9 was also given as the announcement date.

What Seoul's official schedule confirms

BIGBANG's official exhibition notice, published on August 12, 2026, lists the Seoul main exhibition at dududo seoul from August 24 through September 27 that year. Those dates establish the timing of the Korean edition before the subsequent overseas announcements.

YG Entertainment hosted the Seoul project, Creative MUT organized it, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government cooperated with the exhibition. Creative MUT supplied the media technology used to turn the group's anniversary material into experiences that visitors could move through and interact with.

The principal venue occupied an underground space connecting Seoul City Hall and Euljiro 1-ga stations. It stretched about 335 metres and covered approximately 1,000 pyeong, a Korean unit of area equivalent to roughly 3,300 square metres.

The space had been unused for around 40 years. Its long underground layout became part of the exhibition's design, accommodating projected imagery, a lyric tunnel and successive themed environments. Ho Chi Minh City's eventual venue will determine how those kinds of installations can be arranged locally.

What visitors experienced inside COSMOS

Seoul's COSMOS contained 11 themed areas, with each using a different combination of sound, images or audience participation. Cosmos Begins opened with an immersive laser show, while Cosmic Signal combined media screens with a tunnel displaying lyrics.

Fragments presented exclusive images through projection. Cosmic Echo used artificial intelligence as part of its audio experience, adding a technology focused section to an exhibition that also looked back at familiar music and career milestones.

Virtual Orbit featured the new song BiiiG through a virtual reality experience. Visitors wearing headsets could see simulated performance images of the members at close range. Virtual reality places a viewer inside a digital scene, creating a different perspective from watching a flat screen.

Cosmic Stage used what the exhibition described as 5G hologram technology to present performance imagery with a sense of depth. Projection mapping, another technique used in the exhibition, fits images to surfaces so that walls and other structures become part of the display.

These experiences explain much of the interest in the Vietnamese announcement. Fans are anticipating a format that lets them move between music, archive images and simulated performances, with the Seoul edition providing the clearest picture of the concept so far.

Fans also became part of the exhibition

Bang Bong light sticks, the crown shaped lights associated with BIGBANG's audience, formed a central visual theme in Seoul. Constellation brought together versions from different periods, turning a familiar concert accessory into a record of the relationship between the group and its fans, known as V.I.P.

Visitors also encountered giant light stick installations and a glowing field of yellow crown lights. Those displays recreated a visual feature of BIGBANG concerts without requiring a stadium setting.

Cosmos Of Us showed visitor images in real time, while Draw Our Cosmos allowed fans to leave messages and preserve personal memories. These areas gave the audience a visible place within the anniversary story alongside images of the artists.

Ho Chi Minh City's exhibition is expected to follow the COSMOS concept, although the overseas programme already shows some local variation. Hong Kong's edition includes new hologram content, giving that stop material beyond the Seoul presentation.

How strong was demand in Seoul?

More than 45,000 visitors attended the Seoul PREQUEL and main exhibitions combined. Tickets for the PREQUEL event at Jamsil reportedly sold out within one second of reservations opening, an indication of how quickly fans sought access to the anniversary project.

The main exhibition also attracted international visitors and repeat visits. Its appeal combined career material with installations that gave people reasons to spend time taking photographs, exploring different areas and contributing messages.

Seoul's retail area, Pieces of Cosmos, sold exclusive goods, including a new anniversary Bang Bong and hologram T-shirts limited to 2,020 pieces. The T-shirts sold out quickly, showing that demand extended beyond admission tickets to items tied specifically to the exhibition.

The project also provided free entry to more than 1,000 people with limited access to cultural activities, including children and teenagers. That programme was arranged through cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and formed part of the Korean event's public access provision.

What ticket prices elsewhere tell Vietnamese fans

Seoul admission cost 20,200 won, approximately VND400,000 or US$16. Hong Kong's advertised ticket price is HK$150, approximately VND480,000 or US$19, with a further HK$20 service fee. Including that fee, a Hong Kong ticket costs HK$170.

Estimates circulating for Vietnam place admission at VND450,000 to VND500,000, or roughly US$18 to US$20. That range is an industry expectation rather than a price announced by VPShow. Compared with the quoted Seoul equivalent of VND400,000, it would be VND50,000 to VND100,000 higher.

Admission in Vietnam is expected to be open to all ages. Organizers may use limited visiting sessions if demand is heavy, while an anticipated merchandise area could apply purchase limits to scarce items. Those arrangements are expectations based on the exhibition's operation elsewhere.

Hong Kong provides a concrete example of timed admission. Its daily opening hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., divided into 11 sessions lasting one hour each. Last entry is 15 minutes before the end of each session.

For anyone budgeting for Ho Chi Minh City, the useful distinction is between admission, booking charges and merchandise spending. Hong Kong lists a service fee separately, while Seoul's limited goods created another potential expense beyond the entrance ticket.

Hong Kong offers the next scheduled look at COSMOS

Hong Kong is presented as the exhibition's first overseas stop. Its run at Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong is scheduled for November 18 through December 27, 2026, with tickets available through Ticketflap, Trip.com and Klook.

The Hong Kong programme retains 11 themed zones, including virtual reality, hologram imagery, a crown light stick installation and an interactive message wall. It also includes anniversary merchandise and products exclusive to that city.

Its combination of a defined schedule, timed sessions and locally exclusive content gives Vietnamese fans a practical example of how COSMOS operates outside Korea. Ho Chi Minh City's position as the third announced destination refers to the sequence of announcements; its place on the exhibition calendar will become clear when dates are released.

The wider exhibition project plans visits to 12 major cities worldwide, including destinations in China. The travelling exhibition sits alongside BIGBANG's 2026–2027 concert tour, which has been described as covering 39 performances in 19 cities.

Why the Hanoi shows have fuelled hopes of a return

G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung performed at My Dinh National Stadium on October 24 and 25. Attendance was widely put at about 90,000 across the two nights, with a more detailed estimate placing the total between 85,000 and 90,000.

Daesung expressed a wish after the second show to prepare a contract for another Vietnam concert. Taeyang also told the audience that a stronger response on the second night could bring BIGBANG back. Those comments helped sustain enthusiasm after the Hanoi dates.

Daesung, a BIGBANG member, later summed up the visit in a social media post:

Great time in Hanoi

G-Dragon also shared Hanoi images, while his discovery of the Vietnamese fan nickname Anh Long became a widely discussed moment from the concerts. The exhibition announcement arrived amid that continuing interest in the group's activities in Vietnam.

Fans have consequently speculated about an encore concert, but no additional Vietnam performance has been announced. The confirmed Ho Chi Minh City project is the media exhibition.

BIGBANG's international concert schedule has continued to expand elsewhere. Following its Sydney stadium performance on October 31, an additional Los Angeles concert was announced for March 13, 2027. That date belongs to the concert tour, while COSMOS exhibitions operate as a parallel anniversary programme.

The anniversary calendar so far

The sequence of Korean exhibitions, Vietnamese concerts and overseas announcements shows how the anniversary activities have developed across several months. The dates established so far are:

• August 12, 2026: BIGBANG publishes the official Seoul main exhibition notice.
• August 24 to September 27, 2026: The main COSMOS exhibition runs at dududo seoul.
• October 24 and 25, 2026: BIGBANG performs two concerts at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.
• October 31, 2026: The group performs at Sydney's Accor Stadium.
• November 8 and 9, 2026: News of the Ho Chi Minh City exhibition announcement emerges.
• November 18 to December 27, 2026: Hong Kong is scheduled to host COSMOS at Festival Walk.
• March 13, 2027: An additional Los Angeles concert is scheduled at SoFi Stadium.

For southern Vietnamese fans, the next practical milestone is VPShow's release of the local exhibition schedule and booking arrangements. Those details will allow visitors to plan travel, compare costs and find out which COSMOS experiences are coming to Ho Chi Minh City.

Key Points

• VPShow has announced the COSMOS BIGBANG 20th anniversary media exhibition for Ho Chi Minh City.
• Local dates, venue, ticket prices and the final programme are awaiting announcement.
• Seoul's PREQUEL and main exhibitions attracted more than 45,000 visitors combined.
• The Seoul main exhibition featured 11 themed areas using music, projections, virtual reality and interactive displays.
• Hong Kong's exhibition is scheduled for November 18 to December 27, 2026, with HK$150 admission plus a HK$20 service fee.
• BIGBANG's two Hanoi concerts drew an estimated 85,000 to 90,000 attendees. An encore concert in Vietnam has not been announced.