What day does 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar fall on in the Gregorian calendar of 2025? What holiday is 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar in Vietnam? Will Vietnamese tax officials have a day off on 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar this year?

What day does 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar fall on in the Gregorian calendar of 2025? What holiday is 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar in Vietnam?

Based on the Universal Calendar for January 2025 as follows:

Thus, 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar will fall on Thursday, January 1, 2025 (meaning 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar, 2024, in the lunar calendar is January 1, 2025, in the Gregorian calendar).

Additionally, 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar is also New Year's Day 2025. New Year's Day marks the closure and the beginning of a new year with many new things awaiting. At the moment of transition between the old year and the new year, people around the world have unique ways to welcome the new year, each with its distinct cultural features.

What day does 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar fall on in the Gregorian calendar of 2025? What holiday is 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Will Vietnamese tax officials have a day off on 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar this year?

Since 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar is also New Year's Day 2025, based on Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019, the provisions are as follows:

Holidays and Tet

1. Employees are entitled to take time off work with full pay on the following holidays and Tet:

a) New Year's Day: 01 day (January 1 of the Gregorian calendar);

b) Lunar New Year: 05 days;

c) Victory Day: 01 day (April 30 of the Gregorian calendar);

d) International Labor Day: 01 day (May 1 of the Gregorian calendar);

đ) National Day: 02 days (September 2 of the Gregorian calendar and 01 day immediately preceding or following);

e) Hung Kings' Anniversary: 01 day (March 10 of the lunar calendar).

2. Foreign employees working in Vietnam, in addition to the holidays specified in Clause 1 of this Article, are entitled to an additional day off for their traditional national New Year and their National Day.

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Thus, Vietnamese tax officials will have a day off on 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar this year.

Note: For foreign employees working in Vietnam, in addition to the holidays specified above, they are entitled to an additional day off for their traditional national New Year and their National Day.

How many days off do Vietnamese tax officials get for the 2025 Tet holiday?

Recently, the Office of the Government of Vietnam issued Official Dispatch 8726/VPCP-KGVX in 2024 conveying the Prime Minister's directive regarding the Lunar New Year holiday and other holidays in 2025.

The Prime Minister agreed with the proposal from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs for the Lunar New Year holiday for officials, employees, and public servants as follows:

- For the Lunar New Year 2025, officials and public employees will have a continuous 9-day holiday, including 5 days for the New Year and 4 routine days off.

- Specifically, officials and public employees, and workers, will have a 5-day holiday for the Lunar New Year from Monday, January 27, 2025, to Friday, January 31, 2025 (from 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar8 of the Year of the Dragon to the 3rd of the Lunar New Year of the Snake).

- However, since in 2025, all 5 days of the Lunar New Year holiday fall on working days during the week, employees will receive an additional 2 weekend days off before and 2 days after the holiday.

Agencies and units must arrange staff to be on duty as per regulations and work appropriately to ensure continuous service for organizations and the public, with particular attention given to assigning officials for handling unforeseen tasks during the Tet holiday period, as well as during other holiday periods as per regulations.

The ministries, agencies, and localities should have specific plans and measures to encourage units, enterprises, organizations, and individuals to actively implement production and business activities, ensuring the stability of supply and demand for goods, services, prices, and markets, contributing to promoting production, business growth, and economic growth, implementing savings, and avoiding wastefulness, striving to successfully achieve the objectives and tasks set out in the plan for 2025, which is considered a year for acceleration and breakthrough in the implementation of the 5-year plan from 2021 to 2025, and creating a solid foundation for rapid and sustainable development in the future.

Thus, Vietnamese tax officials will have a total of 9 days off for the 2025 Tet holiday. The holiday period will be from January 25 to February 2, 2025 (from 2nd day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar6 to the 5th day of the Lunar New Year).

Who are Vietnamese tax officials?

According to Article 2 of the Tax Administration Law 2019, the provisions are as follows:

Subjects of application

1. Taxpayers include:

a) Organizations, households, business households, and individuals paying taxes in accordance with tax laws;

b) Organizations, households, business households, and individuals paying other revenues belonging to the state budget;

c) Organizations and individuals performing tax deductions.

2. Tax administration agencies include:

a) Tax authorities comprising the General Department of Taxation, Department of Taxation, Sub-Department of Taxation, and Regional Sub-Department of Taxation;

b) Customs authorities including the General Department of Customs, Customs Department, Post-clearance Inspection Department, and Sub-Department of Customs.

3. tax officials include Vietnamese tax officials and customs officials.

4. State agencies, organizations, and other individuals related to tax administration.

Thus, tax officials include Vietnamese tax officials and customs officials.