| Public
holidays and special days |
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| January
1 |
New
year (Tet Duong Lich)
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free
day
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| Late
January to mid-February |
1st
to 7th days of the 1st moon: Tet (Tet Nguyen Dan), the Vietnamese Lunar
New Year (reintroduced since about 1990) |
free
day |
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| February
3 |
Founding
day of the Vietnamese Communist Party (Thanh Lap Dang CSVN) The
Vietnamese Communist Party was founded in 1930. |
free
day |
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| April
30 |
Liberation
Day (Saigon Giai Phong): The date on which Saigon surrendered is
commemorated nationwide as Liberation Day. Many cities and provinces
also commemorate the date in March or April 1975 on which they were
liberated by the North Vietnamese Army. |
free
day |
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| May
1 |
International
Worker's Day (Quoc Te Lao Dong). Also known as May Day. |
free
day |
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| May
19 |
The
birthday of Ho Chi Minh (Sinh Nhat Bac Ho). |
free
day |
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| June |
8th
day of the 4th moon (usually june): Buddha's Birthday. (reintroduced
since about 1990) |
free
day |
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| September
2 |
National
Day (Quoc Khanh). This day commemorates the proclamation in Hanoi of the
Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam by Ho
Chi Minh in 1945. |
free
day |
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| September
3 |
Until
1990 the anniversary of Ho Chi Minh's death was a public holiday. This
holiday was eliminated when officials admitted that Uncle Ho actually
died on 2 September 1969. The reason for reporting the date of his death
as 3 September was so that it wouldn't coincide with National Day. |
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| December
25 |
Christmas
day (Giang Sinh) (reintroduced since about 1990)
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free
day |
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam
