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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Vietnam

The list of Vietnam bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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26 Mar 2008 (State Securities Commission of Vietnam) The State Securities Commission of Vietnam has declared that due to the public holidays of April 15 and May 1st, it had declared Monday, April 14 and Friday, May 2, 2008 to be exchange holidays in Vietnam. There will be no trading, settlement and clearing activity on these dates as the Vietnam Securities Depository, the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange and the Hanoi Securities Trading Center will be closed. • 24 Mar 2007 (Thanh Nien Daily) Following up on our news story of March 8, 2007, the Vietnamese National Assembly has approved of making the Lunar March 10 a new public holiday to immortalize the Hung Kings, who, as legend has it, once reigned over what is now modern-day Vietnam. This year, the holiday will fall on April 26. • 08 Mar 2007 (Thanh Nien Daily) Following our news story of February 2, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee, which comprises the house’s full-time members, will open its session on March 20th, and during that session, it will submit a proposal to the house’s full session to make the 10th of the third lunar month a new public holiday to mark the death anniversary of its 18 legendary founding Hung Kings. • 02 Feb 2007 In addition to the public holidays declared from February 16 to 21, 2007, the Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi Securities Trading Centres as well as the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) will be closed on February 22 and 23, 2007. This means that here will be no trading, settlement and clearing activities from February 16 to February 23, 2007. • 02 Feb 2007 (Tranh Nien Daily) The government is contemplating a new annual public holiday on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month, the death anniversary of the Hung Kings who, according to legend, ruled over what is now modern Vietnam. In 2007, day 10 of the 3rd lunar month will fall on April 26. • More News Updates For up-to-the-minute news about public holidays trends and changes, visit our public holidays news and updates pages, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The official list of public holidays in Vietnam is regulated by the Labour Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and clause 73 of the Labour Code. • Weekend Public Holidays: When a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it is to be observed publicly on the following Monday. • Gio To Hung Vuong: is a new public holiday to commemorate the legendary Hung Kings, voted upon by the Vietnamese National Assembly on March 23, 2007. According to the law of record, law No 84/2007/QH11 replacing clause 73 of the Labour Code, when Gio To Hung Vuong falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it shall be moved to the following Monday . • Other major anniversaries that are celebrated but are not national public holidays are: The Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party: February 3. The Birthday of President Ho Chi Minh: May 19. Christmas Day: December 25. • In comparison with other countries in the region, Vietnam has the fewest holidays with 9 legal days off annually while Indonesia and Thailand have 13 days, the Philippines 12 and China 10. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Vietnam, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Vietnam, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Vietnam. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Vietnam that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Vietnamese Calendar Holidays : Both traditional Vietnamese calendars used in Vietnam (solar and lunar) possess a structure very similar to their Chinese counterparts. However, the Vietnamese calendars use Vietnam's time zone as a reference point, rather than Beijing's, to determine the date when a Vietnamese lunar calendar or Vietnamese Solar Calendar event occurs. This sometimes causes some holidays based on either of the Vietnamese calendars to occur one day earlier than the corresponding Chinese date (this occurs, on average, in about 4% of the cases).

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Vietnam, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Vietnam, before planning any trip to Vietnam. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our public holidays news and updates pages, or subscribe to our free email newsletters.