How many days left until Mid-Autumn Festival 2024? What is salary for employees in Vietnam if they work during the Mid-Autumn Festival 2024?

How many days left until Mid-Autumn Festival 2024?

Mid-Autumn Festival 2024 is on September 17, solar calendar, which is on Tuesday.

Today is September 09, 2024, which means there are 8 days left until Mid-Autumn Festival 2024.

Mid-Autumn Festival 2024, also known as the Reunion Festival or Moon Festival, is one of the important traditional festivals in many East Asian countries, including Vietnam, China, and Korea.

Activities during the Mid-Autumn Festival include:

- Lantern parades: Children often have colorful and various-shaped lanterns, such as carp lanterns, star lanterns, prepared by their parents and join in joyful parades.

- Mooncake feasts: This is when families gather to enjoy mooncakes, fruits, and traditional delicacies.

- Moon gazing: The full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes reunion and fullness. It is believed that gazing at the moon together brings good luck and happiness.

The above information is for reference only!

How many days left until Mid-Autumn Festival 2024? What is salary for employees in Vietnam if they work during the Mid-Autumn Festival 2024? (Image from the Internet)

Are employees in Vietnam entitled to paid leave for Mid-Autumn Festival 2024?

According to Article 112 Labor Code 2019, public holidays are stipulated as follows:

Article 112. Public holidays

1. Employees are entitled to a fully paid leave on the following public holidays:

a) New Year’s Day: 01 day (January 01, Gregorian calendar);

b) Lunar New Year: 05 days;

c) Victory Day: 01 day (April 30, Gregorian calendar);

d) International Labor Day: 01 day (May 01, Gregorian calendar);

dd) National Day: 02 days (September 02, Gregorian calendar and 01 contiguous day either before or after);

e) Hung Kings' Commemoration Day: 01 day (10th day of the 3rd lunar month).

2. Foreign workers in Vietnam are entitled to an additional 01 traditional holiday and 01 National Day of their country besides the holidays mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article.

3. Annually, based on actual conditions, the Prime Minister of Vietnam shall decide on the specific days off stipulated in Points b and dd Clause 1 of this Article.

According to the above regulations, employees are entitled to a fully paid leave on the following holidays:

- New Year’s Day: 01 day (January 01, Gregorian calendar)

- Lunar New Year: 05 days- Victory Day: 01 day (April 30, Gregorian calendar)

- International Labor Day: 01 day (May 01, Gregorian calendar)

- National Day: 02 days (September 02, Gregorian calendar and 01 contiguous day either before or after)

- Hung Kings' Commemoration Day: 01 day (10th day of the 3rd lunar month)

Additionally, foreign employees working in Vietnam are entitled to a fully paid leave on the above holidays and an extra 01 traditional holiday and 01 National Day of their country.

Thus, Mid-Autumn Festival is not a fully paid holiday. Therefore, employees do not get a paid leave on Mid-Autumn Festival.

However, employees can use their annual leave (Article 113 Labor Code 2019) or take unpaid leave with the employer’s consent (Article 115 Labor Code 2019).

What is salary for employees in Vietnam if they work during the Mid-Autumn Festival 2024?

Based on Article 98 of Labor Code 2019, overtime and night work wages are regulated as follows:

Article 98. Overtime wages and night work wages

1. Employees working overtime shall be paid wages calculated based on the unit price of wages or wages paid for the work being done as follows:

a) On ordinary days, at least 150%;

b) On weekly days off, at least 200%;

c) On public holidays, Tet holidays, and paid leave days, at least 300% excluding wages for holidays, Tet holidays, and paid leave days for employees receiving daily wages.

2. Employees working at night shall be paid an additional wage of at least 30% of the wage calculated based on the unit price of wages or wages paid for the work on an ordinary day.

3. Employees working overtime at night shall, in addition to the wage prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, be paid an additional 20% of the wage calculated based on the unit price of wages or wages paid for work during the daytime of an ordinary workday or a weekly day off or a public holiday or Tet holiday.

4. The Government of Vietnam shall detail this Article.

Employees in Vietnam working overtime on Mid-Autumn Festival 2024 will have their wages calculated as follows:

[1] In case Mid-Autumn Festival 2024 is not a weekly day off:

- Overtime on ordinary days: At least 150% of the hourly wage currently paid for the work on ordinary workdays, calculated as follows:

Overtime wage = Hourly wage currently paid for the work on an ordinary workday x At least 150% x Number of overtime hours

- Night overtime wage: An additional 30% of the wage calculated based on the unit price of wages or wages paid for the work on an ordinary day and an additional 20% of the wage calculated based on the unit price of wages or wages paid for work during the daytime of an ordinary workday, calculated as follows:

Night overtime wage = (Hourly wage currently paid for the work on an ordinary workday x At least 150% + Hourly wage currently paid for the work on an ordinary workday x At least 30% + 20% x Hourly wage during the daytime on an ordinary workday) x Number of night overtime hours

[2] In case Mid-Autumn Festival 2024 is a weekly day off:

- Overtime on weekly days off: At least 200% of the wage calculated based on the unit price of wages for overtime on ordinary days, calculated as follows:

Overtime wage = Hourly wage currently paid for the work on an ordinary workday x At least 200% x Number of overtime hours

- Night overtime wage: An additional 30% of the wage calculated based on the unit price of wages or wages paid for the work on an ordinary day and an additional 20% of the wage calculated based on the unit price of wages or wages paid for work during the daytime of a weekly day off, calculated as follows:

Night overtime wage = (Hourly wage currently paid for the work on an ordinary workday x At least 200% + Hourly wage currently paid for the work on an ordinary workday x At least 30% + 20% x Hourly wage during the daytime on an ordinary workday) x Number of night overtime hours