Public holidays in Vietnam 2020-2024
The Vietnamese holiday calendar is dominated by a conspicuous number of New Year's days. Both the Western New Year in the Gregorian calendar and the Chinese New Year are celebrated. The Vietnamese New Year festival follows seamlessly and lasts for 5 days. Apart from a few days of remembrance, however, the year is almost free of public holidays.This shows that both the Chinese lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar determine the country. Christian holidays like here are not celebrated at all. However, work-free days are made up on the next working day if the holiday itself falls on a weekend.
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Non-movable holidays
Non-statutory holidays are written in gray.| holiday | Local name | date |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | Jan, 1st | |
| International Women's Day | Mar, 8th | |
| Hung Vuongs Remembrance Day | Mar, 10th | |
| Liberation Day | Apr, 30th | |
| Labour Day | May, 2nd | |
| Ho Chi Minh's Birthday | May, 19th | |
| Family Day | Jun, 28th | |
| Independence Day | Sep, 2nd | |
| Ho Chi Minh's Death | Sep, 3rd | |
| Vietnamese Women's Day | Oct, 20th | |
| Teacher's Day | Nov, 20th | |
| Christmas Day | Dec, 25th | |
| Boxing Day | Dec, 26th | |
| New Year’s Eve | Dec, 31st |
Moving Holidays in Vietnam
| holiday | Local name | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnamese New Year's Day (preparations) | Tất Niên | Jan, 24th | Feb, 11th | Jan, 31st | Jan, 21st | Feb, 9th |
| Chinese New Year's Day | Jan, 25th | Feb, 12th | Feb, 1st | Jan, 22nd | Feb, 10th | |
| Vietnamese New Year's Day | Tết Nguyên Đán | Jan, 26th | Feb, 13th | Feb, 2nd | Jan, 23rd | Feb, 11th |
| 2. Vietnamese New Year's Day | Jan, 27th | Feb, 14th | Feb, 3rd | Jan, 24th | Feb, 12th | |
| 3. Vietnamese New Year's Day | Jan, 28th | Feb, 15th | Feb, 4th | Jan, 25th | Feb, 13th | |
| 4. Vietnamese New Year's Day | Jan, 29th | Feb, 16th | Feb, 5th | Jan, 26th | Feb, 14th | |
| 5. Vietnamese New Year's Day | Jan, 30th | Feb, 17th | Feb, 6th | Jan, 27th | Feb, 15th | |
| Father's Day | Jun, 21st | Jun, 20th | Jun, 19th | Jun, 18th | Jun, 16th |
Movable holidays with (so far and for us) uncalculatable dates:
| holiday | Local name | Datum |
|---|---|---|
| Day of Hùng Kings | 10th day of the third lunar month | |
| Mother's Day | Full moon night of the seventh lunar month |