Public holidays in Vietnam

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Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year,^[1] among the lowest in the region. On March 28, 2007 the government added the traditional holiday commemorating the mythical Hùng Kings to its list of public holidays, increasing the number of days to 9.^[2] As in most other nations, if a holiday falls during the weekend, it is observed on the following Monday.

**Public Holidays**
Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's	Tết dương lịch
last day of the last lunar month - 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 day 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^[2])
April 30	Liberation Day/Reunification Day	Ngày giải phóng	Fall of Saigon and reunification of Vietnam in 1975
May 1	International Labour Day	Ngày Quốc tế Lao động
September 2	National Day	Quốc khánh	Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)

**Other Holidays**
Date	English name	Local name
March 8	International Women's Day	Quốc tế Phụ nữ
November 20	Teacher's Day	Ngày Nhà giáo Việt Nam
December 25	Christmas	Giáng sinh/Nôen
15/1 (lunar)	Lantern Festival (Full moon of the 1st month)	Tết Nguyên Tiêu (Rằm tháng giêng)
15/4 (lunar)	Buddha's Birthday	Lễ Phật đản
5/5 (lunar)	Mid-year Festival	Tết Đoan ngọ
15/7 (lunar)	Full moon of the 7th month	Rằm tháng bảy
15/8 (lunar)	Mid-Autumn Festival	Tết Trung thu
23/12 (lunar)	Kitchen guardians	Ông Táo chầu trời