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Public Holidays

Public holidays in Vietnam, on which workers have days off, have gone through changes in number. Before 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year. However, on March 28th, 2007 the Government added a traditional holiday that commemorates the mythical Hung Kings to its list of public holidays, thus the number of days increased to 9. As in most other nations, if a holiday falls during the weekend, it is observed on the following Monday. Here comes the list of Vietnam’s Public holidays and some important holidays to be well celebrated nationwide:

 

Public Holidays (Days off work)

Date

English Name

Vietnamese Name

Remarks

January 1st

New Year's Holiday

Tết dương lịch

 

December 30th– January 2nd of the lunar calendar
(or around late January, early February)

Tet (Vietnamese New Year’s holiday)

Tết Nguyên Đán

The greatest holiday of the year

March 10th (lunar)

Hung Kings Commemorations

Giỗ tổ Hùng Vương

New holiday since 2007, around April (adopted by the Government on March 28th, 2007)

April 30th

The Liberation or Reunification Day

Ngày giải phóng/thống nhất đất nước

The day of Vietnam reunification in 1975

May 1st

International Labour Day

Ngày Quốc tế Lao động

 

September 2nd

National Day

Ngày Quốc khánh/ Tết độc lập

Vietnam declared its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) in 1945

Other important holidays

Date

English name

Vietnamese name

8/3

International Women's Day

Quốc tế Phụ nữ

20/11

Teacher's Day

Ngày Nhà giáo Việt Nam

25/12

Christmas Day

Giáng sinh/Nôen

15/1 (lunar)

Lantern Festival (Full moon of the 1st month)

Tết Nguyên Tiêu (Rằm tháng giêng)

15/4 (lunar)

Buddha's Birthday

Lễ Phật đản

5/5 (lunar)

Mid-year Festival

Tết Đoan ngọ

15/7 (lunar)

Ghost Festival

Lễ Vu Lan, Rằm tháng bảy

15/8 (lunar)

Mid-Autumn Festival

Tết Trung thu

23/12 (lunar)

Kitchen guardians

Ông Táo chầu trời

Other anniversaries

Date

English name

Vietnamese name

3/2

Founding of the Communist Party

Thành lập Đảng Cộng Sản

19/5

Birthday of President Ho Chi Minh

Ngày sinh Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh