What day is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd days of Tet Holiday in Vietnam in 2024? How many days does Tet Holiday usually last each year?
What day is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd days of Tet Holiday in Vietnam in 2024?
Lunar New Year is the most important holiday of the year for Vietnamese people, counted at the beginning of the lunar year. Lunar New Year often has many different names such as Tet Ca, Tet Lunar New Year, New Year, Traditional Tet,...
Lunar New Year takes place at a time when farmers are idle and resting to prepare for the new crop. Because traditionally, most Vietnamese people work in agriculture, so when they have free time they will feel excited, making up for the hard working days.
Specifically, according to the perpetual calendar, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd days of the Lunar New Year Giap Thin are February 10, February 11, February 12, 2024, falling on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
What day is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd days of Tet Holiday in Vietnam in 2024? How many days does Tet Holiday usually last each year? (Picture from internet)
How many days does Tet Holiday in Vietnam usually last each year?
Because the calendar is based on the lunar cycle, the Lunar New Year is later than the New Year. Due to the rule of 3 leap years per month of the lunar calendar, the first day of the Lunar New Year usually does not come before January 21 of the solar calendar and after February 19 of the solar calendar, but usually falls around the end of January to mid-February. Calendar. The entire annual Lunar New Year usually lasts about 7 to 8 days at the end of the old year and the first 7 days of the new year (December 23 to January 7).
This year, the Lunar New Year of the lunar calendar will fall on the following dates:
- December 21 of the lunar calendar: on Monday, January 31, 2024;
- December 22 of the lunar calendar: on Monday, February 1, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- December 23 of the lunar calendar: on Monday, February 2, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- December 24 of the lunar calendar: on Monday, February 3, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- December 25 of the lunar calendar: on Monday, February 4, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- December 26 of the lunar calendar: on Monday, February 5, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- December 27 of the lunar calendar: on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- December 28 of the lunar calendar: on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- December 29 of the lunar calendar: on Thursday, February 8, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- Lunar New Year's Eve: on Friday, February 9, 2024;
- The 1st day of Tet Holiday: on Saturday, February 10, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- The 2nd day of Tet Holiday: on Sunday, February 11, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- The 3rd day of Tet Holiday: on Monday, February 12, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- The 4th day of Tet Holiday: on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 of the solar calendar;
- 5th day of Tet Holiday: on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 of the solar calendar.
- 6th day of Tet Holiday: on Wednesday, February 15, 2024 of the calendar.
- 7th day of Tet Holiday: on Wednesday, February 16, 2024 of the solar calendar.
- 8th day of Tet Holiday: on Wednesday, February 17, 2024 of the solar calendar.
- 9th day of Tet Holiday: on Wednesday, February 18, 2024 of the solar calendar.
Vietnam: What is the 2024 Tet holiday schedule for officials, public employees and employees?
- For officials and public employees:
On November 22, 2023, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs announced the Lunar New Year holiday schedule for Giap Thin and the National Day holiday in 2024 for officials, public employees and employees.
According to Announcement 5015/TB-LDTBXH 2023 of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs), Officials, public employees and employees working at administrative agencies, political organizations or socio-political organizations (hereinafter referred to as “officials and public employees”) are entitled to have the Lunar New Year holiday in 2024 from Thursday, February 08, 2024 of the solar calendar (i.e. December 29, 2023 of the lunar calendar) to the end of Wednesday, February 14, 2024 of the solar calendar (i.e. January 05, 2024 of the lunar calendar).
This holiday includes 05 days of the Lunar New Year holiday and 02 days of compensatory time-off for the weekly days off as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labor Code.
- For employees:
Pursuant to the provisions of 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.
Thus, based on the above regulations, employees are entitled to 5 fully paid days off on Tet holiday.
At the same time, Section 5 of Announcement 5015/TB-LDTBXH 2023 clearly states the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday plan for employees as follows:
- The Tet holiday may include 01 ending day of the year 2023 and 04 beginning days of the year 2024 of the lunar calendar, or 02 ending days of the year 2023 and 03 beginning days of the year 2024 of the lunar calendar, or 03 ending days of the year 2023 and 02 beginning days of the year 2024 of the lunar calendar.
- The holiday schedule in 2024 shall be notified to employees at least 30 days before implementation
- In case a weekly day off coincides with a public holiday prescribed in Clause 1 Article 112 of the 2019 Labor Code, employees will have compensatory time-off on the next business day as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 111 of the 2019 Labor Code.
- Employers are encouraged to adopt the same Lunar New Year holiday schedule for their employees as officials and public employees.
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