Title: What is the Gregorian date of the Lunar New Year 2024? Specifically, how many days are left until the Lunar New Year 2024?
When does Lunar New Year 2024 occur according to the Gregorian calendar? How many more days until Lunar New Year 2024?
Lunar New Year (Lunar Tet, Traditional Tet) is the most important and significant holiday for the Vietnamese people, occurring on the 1st of the lunar calendar. This is also the moment of transition between the old year and the new year.
According to the 2024 almanac, Lunar New Year 2024 falls in February according to the Gregorian calendar.
To be specific, Lunar New Year 2024 falls on the following Gregorian calendar dates in February:
- New Year's Eve: Friday, February 09, 2024;- 1st day of Tet: Saturday, February 10, 2024;- 2nd day of Tet: Sunday, February 11, 2024;- 3rd day of Tet: Monday, February 12, 2024;- 4th day of Tet: Tuesday, February 13, 2024;- 5th day of Tet: Wednesday, February 14, 2024;- 6th day of Tet: Thursday, February 15, 2024;- 7th day of Tet: Friday, February 16, 2024;- 8th day of Tet: Saturday, February 17, 2024.
The start date of Lunar New Year 2024 is the 1st day of Tet, which falls on Saturday, February 10, 2024 according to the Gregorian calendar.
Today is January 23, 2024, which means there are 17 days left until Lunar New Year 2024.
When does Lunar New Year 2024 occur according to the Gregorian calendar? How many more days until Lunar New Year 2024? (Image from the internet)
How is the Lunar New Year 2024 vacation scheduled?
According to Official Dispatch 8662/VPCP-KGVX dated November 3, 2023, Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh approved the proposal of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs regarding the Lunar New Year holiday from February 8, 2024, to the end of February 14, 2024, and the National Day holiday from August 31, 2024, to the end of September 3, 2024.
Notification 5015/TB-LDTBXH 2023 regarding the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays for officials, public employees, and laborers, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has clearly stated the contents related to the Lunar New Year holiday 2024.
The Lunar New Year holiday 2024 schedule is as follows:
Officials and public employees take a leave from Thursday, February 08, 2024, according to the Gregorian calendar (equivalent to the 29th day of the last lunar month, Quy Mao year) to the end of Wednesday, February 14, 2024, according to the Gregorian calendar (equivalent to the 5th day of the first lunar month, Giap Thin year).
Private sector employees will follow three options:
(1) Choose 01 day at the end of the Quy Mao year and 04 days at the beginning of the Giap Thin year.
(2) Choose 02 days at the end of the Quy Mao year and 03 days at the beginning of the Giap Thin year.
(3) Choose 03 days at the end of the Quy Mao year and 02 days at the beginning of the Giap Thin year.
- Moreover, employers must notify employees of the Lunar New Year 2024 holiday plan at least 30 days in advance.
- If a weekly rest day coincides with a holiday or Tet as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019, employees are entitled to take substitute weekly rest on the next working day according to Clause 3, Article 111 of the Labor Code 2019.
- Employers are encouraged to apply the Lunar New Year holiday schedule for employees similar to that for officials and public employees.
Lunar New Year 2024 vacation schedule for students in some localities is referenced on the Government of Vietnam's electronic portal as follows:
In Ha Tinh, for students, the Lunar New Year 2024 holiday starts from February 06, 2024 (27th day of the last month of the Quy Mao year) until February 18, 2024 (9th day of the first month of the Giap Thin year).
In Dong Thap, preschools, schools, and continuing education institutions will take a Tet break from February 8, 2024 (29th day of the last month of the Quy Mao year) to February 14, 2024 (5th day of the first month of the Giap Thin year).
In Lao Cai: The Lunar New Year holiday extends from February 3, 2024, to February 18, 2024.
In Ho Chi Minh City, according to Decision 3260/QD-UBND dated August 05, 2023, the Lunar New Year holiday schedule for students starts from February 05, 2024 (26th day of the last month of the lunar calendar) to February 18, 2024 (9th day of the first month of the lunar calendar).
Thus:
Lunar New Year 2024 holiday schedule for officials* starts from Thursday, February 08, 2024, according to the Gregorian calendar (equivalent to the 29th day of the last month of the Quy Mao year).
Employees start the Lunar New Year 2024 holiday depending on the employer's decision, if the employer chooses one of the three Tet holiday options outlined above, then the specific Lunar New Year 2024 holiday schedule for employees is as follows:
(1) Start the holiday from Friday, February 09, 2024 (30th day of the last month of the Quy Mao year)
(2) Start the holiday from Thursday, February 08, 2024 (29th day of the last month of the Quy Mao year)
(3) Start the holiday from Wednesday, February 07, 2024 (28th day of the last month of the Quy Mao year).
The Lunar New Year 2024 holiday schedule for students varies by locality. For instance, students in Ho Chi Minh City start their Lunar New Year 2024 holiday from February 05, 2024 (26th day of the last month of the lunar calendar).
How many weeks until New Year's Eve of Lunar New Year 2024?
New Year's Eve is a very important moment of transition from the old year to the new year. This moment marks the end of the old year according to the lunar calendar, starting at 0:00:00.
New Year's Eve starts from 11 PM on the 30th day to 1 AM on the 1st day of the new year. It is believed to be a moment when heaven and earth harmonize, and yin and yang unite with vigorous new hope.
During this time, families will perform a ceremony to offer incense to ancestors, gather together to bid farewell to the old year, and welcome the new year. The wish is for health, luck, peace, and prosperity for all family members.
New Year's Eve of Lunar New Year 2024 (30th day of the lunar calendar) falls on Friday, February 09, 2024, according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, this year, New Year's Eve 2024 falls in February of the Gregorian calendar.
Today is January 23, 2024, so there are slightly more than 02 weeks until New Year's Eve of Lunar New Year 2024.
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