Announcement of holiday schedule April 30 and May 1, 2024 for officials, public employees and employees in Vietnam

Announcement of holiday schedule April 30 and May 1, 2024 for officials, public employees and employees in Vietnam

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs of Vietnam notifies State administrative agencies, public service providers and enterprises of the swap of working days as follows:

Officials, public employees and employees of State administrative agencies and public service providers in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as "officials and public employees") will have their working day of April 29th 2024 (Monday) swapped with May 4th 2024 (Saturday).

This means they will have 05 consecutive days off from April 27th 2024 (Saturday) to May 1st 2024 (Wednesday) for the Reunification Day and International Workers' Day holiday of 2024. May 4th 2024 (Saturday) will be the compensatory working day.

Agencies and units that apply this schedule shall arrange their departments to work in a reasonable manner to continuously process works, serve the best interest of their organizations and the people. Officials shall be assigned to keep watch during the holiday to handle urgent and unexpected works. Agencies and units that do not take automatic days-off on Saturday and Sunday every week shall arrange their own holiday schedules in accordance with regulations of law.

Employers at enterprises are encouraged to apply the same holiday schedule to their employees as that applied to officials and public employees, provided their employees receive all the benefits as prescribed by law. Agreements that are more beneficial for employees are encouraged.

More details can be found in Notification 1570/TB-BLDTBXH issued on April 12, 2024.

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