The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has just issued Official Dispatch 1400/LDTBXH-ATLD proposing a plan for holidays and Tet in 2019 for officials and public employees and the swap of weekly days off during holidays.
Regarding 2019 New Year Holiday: Continuous 04-day break
- Public officials and public employees will have a continuous break from Saturday, December 29, 2018, to the end of Tuesday, January 1, 2019.- This holiday period involves the swapping of 01 weekly rest day with 01 working day.
Regarding 2019 Lunar New Year Holiday: Continuous 09-day break
- Option 1:- No swapping of rest days: The break will follow the calendar with 02 days at the end of the Year of the Dog (i.e., 29th and 30th of the last lunar month) and 03 days at the start of the Year of the Pig (i.e., 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of the first lunar month).- As the 29th of the last lunar month coincides with Sunday, which is a weekly rest day, there will be a compensatory break on the 4th day of the Lunar New Year. There will also be additional breaks on the 5th and 6th days of the first lunar month, which are weekly rest days.- Option 2:- A 05-day Lunar New Year break and 04 weekly rest days (02 Saturdays and 02 Sundays);- This includes 01 day before the New Year (i.e., 30th of the last lunar month of the Year of the Dog) and 04 days after the New Year (i.e., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th days of the first lunar month of the Year of the Pig).
For more details, refer to Official Dispatch 1400/LDTBXH-ATLD dated April 11, 2018.
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