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Public holidays in Vietnam

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Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007,
Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the
region. On March 28, 2007 the government added the traditional holiday commemorating
the mythical Hùng Kings to its list of public holidays, increasing the number of days to 9.
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As in most other nations, if a holiday falls during the weekend, it is observed on the
following Monday.

Public Holidays
Local
Date English Name Remarks
Name
Tết dương
January 1 New Year's
lịch
last day of the last lunar
Tết (Vietnamese New Tết Nguyên Largest holiday of the year, occurs
month - 3rd day of the
Year) Đán around late January-early February
first lunar month

Giỗ tổ New holiday since 2007, around


10th day of the 3rd lunar Hung Kings
Hùng April (adopted by the government on
month Commemoriations
Vương March 28, 2007[1])
Liberation
Ngày giải Fall of Saigon and reunification of
April 30 Day/Reunification
phóng Vietnam in 1975
Day
International Workers' Ngày Quốc
May 1
Day tế Lao động

Vietnam declares its independence,


September 2 National Day Quốc khánh forming the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam (North Vietnam)
Other Holidays
Date English name Local name
March 8 International Women's Day Quốc tế Phụ nữ
November 20 Teacher's Day Ngày Nhà giáo Việt Nam
December 25 Christmas 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 Rằm tháng bảy, Vu Lan
15/8 (lunar) Mid-Autumn Festival Tết Trung thu
23/12 (lunar) Kitchen guardians Ông Táo chầu trời

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