Vietnam: What is the meaning of November 9? Do students have to attend school on November 9?

What is the meaning of November 9 in Vietnam?

Under Article 8 of the Law on Law Dissemination and Education 2012 as follows:

Legal Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

November 9 annually is designated as Legal Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Legal Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is organized to honor the Constitution, law, and educate the sense of respect for the rule of law to everyone in society.

The Government of Vietnam prescribes detailed regulations on this Article.

Every year, November 9 is the Legal Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This is the most significant meaning of November 9 in Vietnam.

On this day in 1946, the first Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was adopted. To commemorate this historical event and to honor the law, November 9 is selected annually as Legal Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

What is the meaning of November 9 in Vietnam? Do students have to attend school on November 9? (Image from the Internet)

Do students in Vietnam have to attend school on November 9?

Currently, Vietnamese law does not provide for students to have a day off on November 9, 2024.

In addition, according to 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.

Thus, students will follow the schedule set by teachers and the school. Therefore, this is not a public holiday.

November 9 every year is the Legal Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Specifically, November 9, 2024, will fall on a Saturday, which is a weekly break. Therefore students may have the day off or continue attending school depending on their school’s schedule.

Are students in Vietnam entitled to museum visits without fee payment on November 9?​

According to the policies for students nationwide, students, as part of the national education system, are entitled to certain benefits suitable for their education level.

Policies for Learners

To encourage and facilitate learning within the national education system, the Government of Vietnam has laid down policies from Article 84 to Article 88 of the Education Law 2019:

Educational credits

The State shall issue preferential credit policies concerning interest rates, credit's conditions and duration to enable learners to study. Encourage private sector involvement in educational credits.

Scholarships, social subsidies, tuition exemption/reduction, subsidies on tuition and living costs

- The State shall issue policies on granting academic scholarships to students with excellent scholastic achievements at specialized schools, schools for gifted students as stipulated in Article 62 of the Education Law 2019 and to learners with good academic and training results or higher at institutions of vocational education and higher education; on granting policy scholarships to students enrolled by form of nomination, students at pre-university schools, boarding general education schools for ethnic minorities, learners at vocational education institutions for war invalids, disabled and handicapped persons.

- The State shall elaborate policies on subsidies and exemption/reduction of tuition for learners from social policy targeted groups, ethnic minorities in areas with exceptional socio-economic difficulties, homeless orphans, disabled and handicapped persons, persons of poor and near-poor households.

-The State shall encourage organisations and individuals to grant scholarships or subsidies to learners as prescribed by law.

- Students at pedagogical institutions will receive subsidies on tuition and living costs throughout the entirety of the course. 02 years after graduation, if persons that receive the subsidies do not work in the field of education or fail to work in education for a sufficient duration, they will have to reimburse the State for the subsidies. The maximum time limit for reimbursement is equal to the training duration.

Students at pedagogical institutions are entitled to academic incentive scholarships, social subsidies, tuition exemption/reduction.

Exemption, reduction of public service fees for students, students

Students and students are entitled to fee exemption or reduction when using public services in transportation, entertainment, and visits to museums, historical relics and cultural attractions as stipulated by the Government.

Admission by form of nomination

- The State shall grant admission into vocational secondary schools, colleges and universities by means of nomination for students from ethnic minorities with sparse population; students from ethnic minorities living in areas with exceptional socio-economic difficulties and have no or few officials/public employees who are of ethnic minorities; issue policies on formation of nominated admission source, enabling the regulated entities to enter boarding general education schools for ethnic minorities and increasing pre-university learning time.

- People's Committees at provincial level, based on the needs of their localities, shall propose and allocate nomination quotas; selecting persons according to approved criteria and quotas; recruiting and assigning jobs for learners after graduation.

Educational institutions shall be responsible for assisting learners admitted by form of nomination so as to ensure outcome quality.

- Students of this nomination mode shall be responsible for returning to work for the locality sending them to study; be recruited and assigned jobs.

- The Government shall regulate criteria and beneficiaries of the nomination mode; organize the implementation of the nomination mode and employment of learners of nomination mode after graduation.

Awards for learners

Learners with excellent achievements in learning and training shall be awarded by educational institutions or education authorities; in case of exceptional achievements, the awards shall be issued as regulated by law.

Thus, according to the regulations, students are entitled to policies for fee exemptions or reductions when visiting museums and participating in some other services.