Which roads will be banned in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to organize Countdown 2024?
Can I ask where Countdown 2024 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam takes place? Which roads will be banned in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to organize Countdown 2024? Question from Ms. Uyen (Ho Chi Minh City)
Where Countdown 2024 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam takes place?
According to the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, when permitted by the Prime Minister, the city will have 2 artistic fireworks displays:
- 1 high-range shooting point in the Saigon River tunnel area, Thu Duc City.
- 1 low-range shooting point at Dam Sen Cultural Park, District 11. Time from 00:00 to 00:15 on January 1, 2024.
Total duration is 15 minutes, starting at 00:00 on January 1, 2024. Besides, many art programs are also organized to welcome the new year 2024, which is the New Year.
In particular, the Countdown Program to welcome the new year 2024 will be held on the night of December 31, 2023 at President Ho Chi Minh Monument Park and Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
In addition to the Countdown 2024 program, Ho Chi Minh City will also organize sports activities to welcome the new year 2024 such as:
- The 10th Ho Chi Minh City Marathon 2024 "HCMC Marathon 2024"
- Ho Chi Minh City Martial Arts Festival
- Movement bicycle racing tournament to welcome the new year 2024
The above information is for reference only.
Which roads will be banned in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to organize Countdown 2024? (Image from the Internet)
Which roads will be banned in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to organize Countdown 2024?
According to information announced by the Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City, to serve the organization of the Countdown 2024 Program in Ho Chi Minh City, from 6:00 p.m to 11:00 p.m on December 30, 2023 (Saturday) and from 3:00 p.m on December 30, 2023 (Saturday) and December 31, 2023 (Sunday) to 1:00 a.m on January 1, 2024, the City Department of Transport will ban vehicles from entering Nguyen Hue Street (section from Le Thanh Ton Street to Ton Duc Thang Street), District 1.
According to this regulation, the traffic route will be replaced when the roads where Countdown 2024 is held are banned as follows:
- For direction from Le Thanh Ton street to Ton Duc Thang street:
+ Route 1 : Le Thanh Ton Street - Dong Khoi Street - Ton Duc Thang Street.
+ Route 2 : Le Thanh Ton Street - Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street - Ham Nghi Street - Ton Duc Thang Street.
- For direction from Ton Duc Thang street to Le Thanh Ton street:
+ Route 1 : Ton Duc Thang Street - Ham Nghi Street - Pasteur Street - Le Thanh Ton Street.
+ Route 2 : Ton Duc Thang Street - Me Linh Square - Hai Ba Trung Street - Le Thanh Ton Street.
How many days off are there for New Year 2024 in Vietnam?
Depending on each specific case, New Year 2024 will have a few days off as follows:
[1] For employees:
Pursuant to Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019 regulates public holidays as follows:
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, according to regulations in Vietnam, on New Year's Day 2024, employees will have 1 day off with pay.
New Year 2024 will fall on Monday. Therefore, employees will be given time off from work and will have a leave schedule as follows:
+ For employees working on Saturdays: 02 consecutive days off: Sunday (December 31, 2023) and Monday (January 1, 2024).
+ For employees who do not work on Saturdays: 03 consecutive days off are Saturday (December 30, 2023), Sunday (December 31, 2023) and Monday (January 1, 2024).
[2] For officials, civil servants and public employees:
First, in Article 13 of the Law on Public Employees 2010 stipulates the rights of public employees to rest as follows:
The rights of public employees to rest
1. To take annual leaves, holidays and leaves for personal reasons under the labor law. Public employees who do not use any or all of prescribed annual leave days due to work requirements are entitled to a sum of money for those days on which they work.
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At the same time, according to Article 13 of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants 2008 stipulates the rights of cadres and civil servants to rest as follows:
The rights of cadres and civil servants to rest
Cadres and civil servants are entitled to annual leaves, holidays and leaves to deal with personal affairs according to the labor law. If, due to task requirements, cadres and civil servants do not use or have not used up annual days off, in addition to salaries, they may be paid a sum equal to salaries for days on which they still work.
From the above regulations in Vietnam, it can be seen that the 2024 New Year holiday schedule for cadres, civil servants and public employees will be off for 3 consecutive days: Saturday (December 30, 2023), Sunday (December 31, 2023) and Monday (January 1, 2024). Because currently most state agencies will not work on Saturday.
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