What holidays are in January 2025? How many days off are employees in Vietnam entitled to for the New Year 2025?
What holidays are in January 2025?
January 2025 begins on January 1, 2025, and ends on January 31, 2025. This marks the start of the new year 2025. Below are the holidays in January 2025:
- New Year's Day: January 1
- Vietnam Archive Day: January 3
- World Braille Day: January 4
- First General Election Day of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam: January 6
- Establishment of Regiment 236, the first Missile Regiment of the Vietnamese People's Army: January 7
- Traditional Day of the Vietnam Cement Industry: January 8
- Traditional Day of the Vietnam Student Association: January 9
- Traditional Day of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin: January 10
- Establishment of the Institute of National Defense Strategy: January 11
- Founding Day of the Political Officer School: January 14
- Traditional Day of Division 320 (Army Corps 3) and Division 390 (Army Corps 1): January 16
- Ben Tre Uprising Day: January 17
- International Education Day: January 24
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day: January 27
- World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases: January 30
- Congress of the Vietnam United Front: January 31
What holidays are in January 2025? How many days off are employees in Vietnam entitled to for the New Year 2025? (Image from the Internet)
How many days off are employees in Vietnam entitled to for the New Year 2025?
Pursuant to Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019 stipulating holiday:
Article 112. Holidays
- Employees are entitled to take leave with full pay on the following holidays:
a) New Year's Day: 1 day (01 January);
b) Lunar New Year: 5 days;
c) Victory Day: 1 day (April 30);
d) International Labor Day: 1 day (May 1);
dd) National Day: 2 days (September 2 and 1 day either before or after);
e) Hung Kings' Commemoration Day: 1 day (March 10 of the lunar calendar).
- Foreign employees working in Vietnam, in addition to holidays stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article, are entitled to an additional day off for their traditional New Year's Day and National Day.
- Annually, based on actual conditions, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam decides specific days off stipulated at Point b and Point dd of Clause 1 of this Article.
New Year 2025 falls on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. It is the first day of the new year according to the Gregorian calendar and is recognized as an official holiday in many countries, including Vietnam.
According to the aforementioned regulations, employees are granted 1 day off for the Solar New Year (January 1). In 2025, the Solar New Year falls on Wednesday. Therefore, officials, public employees, and other workers will have the day off on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
If the employer stipulates weekly days off on Wednesday, employees can arrange compensatory days off on another day. (Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labor Code 2019).
The New Year is an occasion for people to reflect on the past year, welcome the new year with hope for better things, and start a new journey. In Vietnam, this day is often a time for relaxation, entertainment, and participating in celebratory activities in various localities.
What is the salary for employees in Vietnam working on New Year's Day 2025?
Pursuant to Article 98 of the Labor Code 2019 stipulating overtime and night work pay:
Article 98. Overtime and Night Work Pay
- Employees working overtime are paid according to the wage unit price or the actual wage for the work they are doing as follows:
a) On weekdays, at least 150%;
b) On weekly days off, at least 200%;
c) On holidays and Tet days, at least 300% not including the salary for holidays, Tet days, and paid days off for employees with daily wages.
- Employees working at night are paid an additional 30% of the wage computed on the wage unit price or the actual wage for the normal working day.
- Employees working overtime at night, in addition to being paid as prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, are paid an additional 20% based on the wage unit price or the wage for the daytime work of a regular working day, weekly day off, or holiday, Tet day.
- The Government of Vietnam provides details on this Article.
Thus, according to the above regulations, when working on New Year's Day 2025, the employee's salary is calculated as follows:
- 100%: Normal working day
- 300%: Holiday, Tet day
- 30%: Night work
- 60%: 20% X actual wage for daytime work on holiday or Tet day (300%).
Therefore, the total salary that an employee receives when working overtime at night on a holiday or Tet day is:
- Working during the day: Receives at least 400% of salary/day.
- Working at night: Receives at least 490% of salary/day.
