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Bank and Public Holidays for Vietnam

Vietnam bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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.

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05 Feb 2012 (Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Hanoi) The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has announced the official public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2013. • 28 Dec 2011 (Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Hanoi) Vietnam's Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has agreed to a request by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to extend the upcoming 2012 Tet, Lunar New Year, non-working public holidays to cover 9 days. • 13 Nov 2011 (Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Hanoi) The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has completed the official public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2012 by announcing the date of the 2012 Hung Kings' non-working public holiday. • 03 Oct 2011 (Closing Session of National Assembly Standing Committee-Hanoi) The Chairman and Vice-Chairwoman of Vietnam's National Assembly, have both come out in favour of extending the annual Tet, Lunar New Year, non-working public holidays by one day. • 12 Sep 2011 (Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Hanoi) The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has announced the official public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2012. • 21 Sep 2010 (Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Hanoi) The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has announced the official public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2011. • 27 Aug 2010 (VietNamNet-Hanoi) The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has decided to extend the upcoming, September 2, National Day public holiday by one day, on Friday, September 3, 2010, for government employees and State-run organisations. • 01 Feb 2010 (Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Hanoi) The government of Vietnam has passed a resolution declaring an additional non-working public holiday on Friday, February 19, 2010, thus extending this year's Tet Lunar New Year public holidays from one weekend to the next. • 22 Mar 2009 (Sàigòn Giài Phòng-Saigon) The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has confirmed the date of April 4, 2009, for the upcoming Hung Kings Anniversary public holiday, as well as the details of a day in lieu public holiday on Monday, April 6, 2009. • 22 Jan 2009 (Vietnam State Securities Commission) The State Securities Commission has declared that Friday, January 30, 2009, would be a bank and financial exchange holiday in Vietnam. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Vietnam 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: The official list of public holidays in Vietnam is regulated by the Labour Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the revised Article 73 of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Labor 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. • Vietnam International Codes VN and VNM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .vn (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Vietnam information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Vietnam maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Vietnam), and Wikipedia (includes Vietnam commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

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 Public 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 2013 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 worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.