What is the Gregorian calendar date for the 6th day of the Lunar New Year 2025? Who decides the Lunar New Year holiday in 2025 in Vietnam?
What is the Gregorian calendar date for the 6th day of the Lunar New Year 2025?
According to the Perpetual Calendar, the Lunar New Year 2025 begins on January 1, 2025, lunar calendar (January 29, 2025, Gregorian calendar). The 6th day of the Lunar New Year 2025 falls on February 3, 2025, Gregorian calendar (Monday).
The Lunar New Year 2025 is the largest traditional festival of the year for Vietnamese people and some Asian countries. It will be celebrated on January 29, 2025 (the 1st day of the Lunar New Year, the year of the Snake).
The Lunar New Year 2025 is the year of the Snake. In Eastern belief, the Snake often symbolizes intelligence, agility, and depth.
Lunar New Year is an occasion for family reunions, ancestor remembrance, and welcoming the new year with hopes for health, happiness, and prosperity.
What is the Gregorian calendar date for the 6th day of the Lunar New Year 2025? Who decides the Lunar New Year holiday in 2025 in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
Who decides the Lunar New Year holiday in 2025 in Vietnam?
Based on Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019 regarding holidays:
Article 112. Holidays
- Employees are entitled to time off from work with full pay for the following holidays:
a) New Year's Day: 01 day (January 1, Gregorian calendar);
b) Lunar New Year: 05 days;
c) Victory Day: 01 day (April 30, Gregorian calendar);
d) International Labor Day: 01 day (May 1, Gregorian calendar);
e) National Day: 02 days (September 2, Gregorian calendar and 01 adjacent day before or after);
f) Hung Kings' Commemoration Day: 01 day (March 10, lunar calendar).
- Foreign employees working in Vietnam, in addition to the holidays specified in Clause 1 of this Article, are entitled to one additional day off for their traditional national day and one day for their country's National Day.
- Annually, depending on actual conditions, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam decides the specific days off mentioned in point b and point e of Clause 1 of this Article.
According to the above regulations, during the Lunar New Year, employees have 05 days off with full pay. However, annually based on actual conditions, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam decides the specific days for Lunar New Year holidays.
What hours are considered paid working hours in Vietnam?
Based on Article 58 of Decree 145/2020/ND-CP regarding the time counted as working hours for which wages are paid:
Article 58. Time counted as working hours for which wages are paid
- Breaks specified in clause 2, Article 64 of this Decree.
- Breaks due to the nature of the work.
- Necessary breaks during the work process already accounted for in the labor standards for natural physiological needs.
- Breaks for female employees who are pregnant or nursing a child under 12 months, during menstruation as stipulated in clauses 2 and 4, Article 137 of the Labor Code.
- Time of work stoppage not due to the fault of the employee.
- Time for meetings, study, and training as required by the employer or approved by the employer.
- Time for apprentices and trainees directly involved in or engaged in work as specified in Clause 5, Article 61 of the Labor Code.
- Time utilized by employee representatives in the leadership of representative organizations at work to perform duties as prescribed in clauses 2 and 3, Article 176 of the Labor Code.
- Time for health check-ups, occupational disease screenings, and medical examinations to determine the extent of labor ability decrease due to work accidents or occupational diseases, if this time is scheduled or required by the employer.
- Time for military service health registration, examination, and checks if this time is entitled to full pay according to the law on military service.
The time counted as working hours for which wages are paid includes:
- Break time is counted into working hours for continuous shifts of at least 30 minutes, and for night shifts, it is at least 45 minutes.
- Breaks due to the nature of the work.
- Necessary breaks during the work process already accounted for in the labor standards for natural physiological needs.
- Breaks for female employees who are pregnant or nursing a child under 12 months, during menstruation.
- Time of work stoppage not due to the fault of the employee.
- Time for meetings, study, and training as required by the employer or approved by the employer.
- Time for apprentices and trainees directly involved in work.
- Time utilized by employee representatives in the leadership of representative organizations at work to perform duties as prescribed.
- Time for health check-ups, occupational disease screenings, and medical examinations to determine the extent of labor ability decrease due to work accidents or occupational diseases, if this time is scheduled or required by the employer.
- Time for military service health registration, examination, and checks if this time is entitled to full pay according to the law on military service.
