Vietnam: What are the meaningful greetings for December 2024? Are contractual teachers entitled to fully paid days off on holidays in December 2024?

What are the meaningful greetings for December 2024?

Greeting December is a friendly and warm expression commonly used at the beginning of December to welcome the new month. This phrase carries the following meanings:

Celebration: Wishing everyone a joyful, happy, and successful December.

New Beginnings: Marking the start of a new month, a new phase, and new hopes.

Creating a Warm Atmosphere: Generating a friendly, close, and welcoming ambiance.

*Students may refer to the following meaningful greetings for December 2024:

*Note: The information is for reference only./.

What are the meaningful greetings for December 2024? Are contractual teachers in Vietnam entitled to fully paid days off on holidays in December 2024? (Image from the Internet)

Are contractual teachers in Vietnam entitled to fully paid days off on holidays in December 2024?

Under the provisions of Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019 regarding public holidays:

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.

Under  Article 113 of the Labor Code 2019 regarding annual leave :

Annual leave

1. Any employee who has been working for an employer for 12 months is entitled to fully-paid annual leave, which is stipulated in his/her employment contract as follows:

a) 12 working days for employees who work in normal working conditions;

b) 14 working days for employees that are minors, the disabled, employees who do laborious, toxic or dangerous works;

c) 16 working days for employees who do highly laborious, toxic or dangerous works.

2. An employee who has been working for an employer for less than 12 months will have a number of paid leave days proportional to the number of working months.

3. An employee who, due to employment termination or job loss, has not taken or not entirely taken up his/her annual leave shall be paid in compensation for the untaken leave days.

4. The employer has the responsibility to regulate the timetable for annual leaves after consultation with the employees and must give prior notice to the employees. An employee may reach an agreement with the employer on taking annual leave in instalments or combining annual leave over a maximum period of up to 03 years.

5. When an employee takes his/her annual leave before salary payment is due, he/she may receive an advance in accordance with Clause 3 Article 101 of this Labor Code.

6. When taking annual leave, should the employee travel by road, rail, water and the travel days, the traveling time in excess to 02 days will be added to the annual leave days, and this policy shall only be granted once for an annual leave in a year.

7. The Government shall elaborate this Article.

Thus, the teachers are entitled to fully paid leave only on the public holidays below:

1) Gregorian Calendar New Year Holiday

2) Lunar New Year Holidays

3) Victory Day

4) International Labor Day

5) National Day

6) Hung Kings Commemoration Day

Therefore, according to the regulation, contractual teachers are not entitled to fully paid days off on holidays in December 2024.

Is the school required to give Christmas gifts to contractual teachers in Vietnam?

According to Article 104 of the Labor Code 2019, the provision on bonuses is as follows:

Bonuses

1. A bonus means an amount of money, a piece of property or item that is provided by an employer for his/her employees on the basis of the business performance or the employees’ performance.

2. A bonus regulation shall be decided and publicly announced at the workplace by the employer after consultation with the representative organization of employees (if any).

According to the above regulation, contractual teachers are employees. Therefore, the employer (the school) is not required to give bonuses on Christmas 2024.

Thus, the decision to give gifts on Christmas (Noel) 2024 to contractual teachers depends on the school’s policies where the teacher is employed and the financial situation of each school.