HOLIDAYS IN VIETNAM

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• VIETNAM HAS MANY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.

• THE MOST IMPORTANT CELEBRATION OF YEAR IN VIETNAM IS TET, OR LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHICH FALLS EITHER IN LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY EACH YEAR. VIETNAMESE PEOPLE HAVE OFFICIALLY FOUR PUBLIC DAYS, BUT IN REALITY ALMOST ALL OF VIETNAM SHUT DOWN FOR A FULL WEEK.

• VIETNAM HAS MANY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.

• THE MOST IMPORTANT CELEBRATION OF YEAR IN VIETNAM IS TET, OR LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHICH FALLS EITHER IN LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY EACH YEAR. VIETNAMESE PEOPLE HAVE OFFICIALLY FOUR PUBLIC DAYS, BUT IN REALITY ALMOST ALL OF VIETNAM SHUT DOWN FOR A FULL WEEK.

1ST JANUARY: NEW YEAR’S DAY

3RD FEBRUARY: FOUNDING OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM

8TH  MARCH: WOMEN’S DAY

26TH MARCH: YOUTH DAY

30TH APRIL : LIBERATION OF SAIGON DAY

1ST MAY : INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY

19TH MAY: BIRTHDAY OF HO CHI MINH

1ST JUNE: CHILDREN’S DAY

27TH JULY: MEMORIAL DAY

19TH AUGUST: CELEBRATING THE AUGUST 1945 REVOLUTION

2ND SEPTEMBER: NATIONAL DAY

20TH OCTOBER: VIETNAMESE WOMEN’S DAY

20TH NOVEMBER: TEACHER’S DAY

22ND DECEMBER: ARMY DAY