List of public holidays in Vietnam

Published: 22:24 Monday - November 14, 2011

Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. If a holiday falls during the weekend, it is observed on the following Monday.

Vietnam- Public holidays

Periodly, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holidays a year, among the lowest in the region. On March 28, 2007 the government added the traditional holiday commemorating the mythical Hùng Kings to list of public holidays, increasing the number of days to 9.

Followings are list of 9 Publish Holidays in Vietnam:

Vietnam Public Holidays
Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's	Tết dương lịch
From last two days of the last lunar month to 3rd day of the first lunar month	Tết (Vietnamese New Year)	Tết Nguyên Đán	Largest holiday of the year, occurs around late January-early February
10th of the 3rd lunar month	Hung Kings Commemoriations	Giỗ tổ Hùng Vương	New holiday since 2007, around April (adopted by the government on March 28, 2007)
April 30	Liberation Day/Reunification Day	Ngày giải phóng	Fall of Saigon and reunification of Vietnam in 1975
May 1	International Workers' Day	Ngày Quốc tế Lao động
September 2	National Day	Quốc khánh	Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)