Vietnam: What is the lunar calendar in January 2024? How many days are there in January, 2024 of lunar calendar? How many public holidays are there in January?
Vietnam: What is the lunar calendar in January 2024?
Below is the lunar calendar for January 2024
January 2024
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
1 20/11 | 2 21 | 3 22 | 4 23 | 5 24 | 6 25 | 7 26 |
8 27 | 9 28 | 10 29 | 11 1/12 | 12 2 | 13 3 | 14 4 |
15 5 | 16 6 | 17 7 | 18 8 | 19 9 | 20 10 | 21 11 |
22 12 | 23 13 | 24 14 | 25 15 | 26 16 | 27 17 | 28 18 |
29 19 | 30 20 | 31 21 |
In the lunar calendar for January 2024, the bold number is the solar day (January 2024), the number below is the lunar day.
January 2024 has 31 days.
Vietnam: What is the lunar calendar in January 2024? How many days are there in January, 2024 of lunar calendar? How many public holidays are there in January? (Image from the Internet)
Vietnam: How many public holidays are there in January, 2024?
January is the opening month for a year, below are the public holidays in January in Vietnam:
(1) New Year's Day (January 1, 2024)
New Year's Day, or Western New Year, or International New Year (English: New Year's Day, New Year's or New Year) is a holiday that takes place on January 1, the first day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar, which is an important holiday of the year for many peoples and cultures around the world
According to the calendar, New Year 2024 is January 1, 2024, falling on a Monday.
New Year 2024 is November 20, 2023 of the lunar calendar.
(2) Traditional Day of Vietnamese Students (January 9):
The traditional day of Vietnamese Students was decided by the First National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation in Viet Bac in February 1950.
Later, the 5th National Congress of the Vietnamese Student Association taking place in November 1993 in Hanoi also decided to take January 9 as the traditional day of the Vietnamese Student Association.
Additionally, International holidays in January include:
- World Braille Day (January 4):
- International Day of Education (January 24):
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Shall employees shall be entitled to fully paid days off on public holidays in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 112 of the 2019 Labor Code, regulations on holidays and New Year are as follows:
Public holidays
1. Employees shall be entitled to fully paid days off on the following public holidays:
a) Gregorian Calendar New Year Holiday: 01 day (the 1st of January of the Gregorian calendar);
b) Lunar New Year Holidays: 05 days;
c) Victory Day: 01 day (the 30th of April of the Gregorian calendar);
d) International Labor Day: 01 day (the 1st of May of the Gregorian calendar);
dd) National Day: 02 days (the 2nd of September of the Gregorian calendar and the previous or next day);
e) Hung Kings Commemoration Day: 01 day (the 10th of the third month of the Lunar calendar).
2. Foreign employees in Vietnam are entitled to 01 traditional public holiday and 01 National Day of their country, in addition to the public holidays stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. The Prime Minister shall decide the specific public holidays mentioned in Point b and Point dd Clause 1 of this Article on an annual basis.
According to the above regulations, employees will be entitled to public holidays including:
- Victory Day: 01 day (the 30th of April of the Gregorian calendar);
- International Labor Day: 01 day (the 1st of May of the Gregorian calendar);
- National Day: 02 days (the 2nd of September of the Gregorian calendar and the previous or next day);
- Hung Kings Commemoration Day: 01 day (the 10th of the third month of the Lunar calendar).
In addition to the public holidays mentioned above, employees will also be entitled to fully paid days off: New Year's Day (1 day off) and Lunar New Year (5 days off).
At the same time, Foreign employees in Vietnam are entitled to 01 traditional public holiday and 01 National Day of their country, in addition to the public holidays in Vietnam.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 111 of the 2019 Labor Code, it is stipulated as follows:
Weekly breaks
1. Each week an employee is entitled to a break of at least 24 consecutive hours. Where it is impossible for the employee to have a weekly day off due to the work cycle, the employer has the responsibility to ensure that on average the employee has at least 04 days off per month.
2. The employer has the right to determine and schedule the weekly breaks either on Sunday or for another fixed day in a week, which must be recorded in the internal labor regulations.
3. In case a public holiday falls on an employee’s weekly break coincide with a public holiday as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 112 of this Labor Code, he/she will have compensatory time-off on the next working days.
According to the above regulations, In case a public holiday falls on an employee’s weekly break coincide with a public holiday, he/she will have compensatory time-off on the next working days.
Thus, in January, employees will have 01 day off for New Year's Day 2024 (January 1, 2024).
However, because New Year 2024 falls on Monday, if combined with weekends (weekly holidays), the New Year holiday may lasts from 2 to 3 days.
For example:
- For people who work on Saturday and have a weekly day off on Sunday, the 2024 New Year holiday period will be 02 days (Sunday and New Year's Day Monday).
- For those who do not work on Saturdays (There are 2 weekly days off, Saturday and Sunday), the 2024 New Year holiday period is 03 days (Saturday, Sunday and New Year's Day Monday).
In addition, in case the employee has a different day of weekly rest, the 2024 New Year holiday lasts 01 day. If the 2024 New Year holiday coincides with a weekly holiday, the day off will be compensated for on the next working day.
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