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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Vanuatu

The list of Vanuatu bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, 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 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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19 Apr 2010 (Radio Vanuatu-Port Vila) Vanuatu's Head of State, President Iolu Johnson Abbil, has declared tomorrow, Tuesday, April 20, 2010, as a one-off regional public holiday in the Tongoa and Epi islands of Shefa Province. • 28 Aug 2009 (Vanuatu Daily Post-Port Vila) As of yet, there has not been any announcement of a one-off electoral public holiday on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, on the date of the upcoming presidential election. • 01 Sep 2008 (Vanuatu Daily Post-Port Vila) Vanuatu's Principal Electoral Officer, Martin Tete, has announced that tomorrow, Tuesday, September 2, 2008, had been declared a one-off national public holiday throughout Vanuatu, to encourage people to vote in Vanuatu's national election. • 29 Jul 2008 (Local sources) The government of Vanuatu has announced that, for government and public service employees, this year's Independence Day public holiday (July 30) would be extended by one day to also include Thursday, July 31, 2008. • 21 May 2007 (Radio New Zealand International) A public holiday has been declared in Vanuatu, today, following the sudden death of Catholic Bishop, Michel Visi, yesterday morning. • 30 Dec 2005 (Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute-PACLII) The government of Vanuatu has gazetted the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act No. 50 Of 2005 which adds a new February public holiday for Father Lini Day. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Vanuatu public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Vanuatu are regulated by the Public Holidays Act [Cap 114, revised 1988] as amended by the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 1993, which established Children's Day, and by the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act No.50 of 2005, which established Lini Day, starting in 2006. • Constitution Day and National Unity Day are listed as being on November 29 and October 5, respectively in the Public Holidays Act [Cap 114, revised 1988] and subsequent texts. However all online official sources list them in the opposite order. • Weekend Public Holidays: Section 3 of the aforementioned Act specifies that public holidays falling on a Sunday are moved to the following Monday. • Arbitrary/one-off Public Holidays: Section 2 of the aforementioned Act specifies that the President acting on the advice of the Prime Minister may from time to time declare other days as public holidays. • Vanuatu International Codes VU and VUT (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .vu (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Vanuatu information and news: Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (Vanuatu central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Vanuatu maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Vanuatu), and Wikipedia (includes Vanuatu commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Vanuatu, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu, before planning any trip to Vanuatu. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.