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Vietnam

JAN

01

THURSDAY

New Year's Day

The most important New Year’s celebrations in Vietnam occur during the traditional Lunar New Year of Tet. However, Vietnam also celebrates New Year’s Day according to the Gregorian Calendar on 1 January.

feb

5-11

monday - friday

Tet

The traditional New Year’s Day of Vietnam and much of Asia comes on the first day of the first month of the ancient lunisolar calendar. This typically puts “Tet” in late January or early February on the Gregorian Calendar. The holiday is celebrated for several consecutive days.

apr

16

friday

Hung Kings Commemoration Day

Hung Kings Commemoration Day has been an official holiday in Vietnam since 2007. It is scheduled for the tenth day of the third month of Vietnam’s traditional calendar.

apr

30

friday

Reunification Day

Vietnam celebrates Reunification Day on 30 April. This is the date of the fall of Saigon to Communist forces at the tail end of the Vietnam War. Soon after taking the city, it was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the North’s famous leader.

may

01

saturday

Labor Day

Vietnam celebrates Reunification Day on 30 April. This is the date of the fall of Saigon to Communist forces at the tail end of the Vietnam War. Soon after taking the city, it was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the North’s famous leader.

may

03

monday

Labor Day Holiday

Vietnam observes International Labour Day every 1 May. As the Communist government of Vietnam sees itself as the instrument of protecting the rights of the working class, Labour Day is a major holiday with strong political associations.

sep

02

thursday

National Day

Vietnam celebrates National Day every 2 September, to remember the day in 1945 that Vietnam declared its independence from French colonial control. It is the day on which Ho Chi Minh read aloud Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence in Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.

sep

03

friday

National Day Holiday

Vietnam celebrates National Day every 2 September, to remember the day in 1945 that Vietnam declared its independence from French colonial control. It is the day on which Ho Chi Minh read aloud Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence in Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.