Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. On March 28, 2007 the government

National Assembly of Vietnam

The Constitution of Vietnam recognizes the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as "the highest organ of state power." The National Assembly, a 493-member unicameral body elected to a five-year term, meets twice a year...

 added the traditional holiday commemorating the mythical Hùng Kings

Hung Vuong

Hùng Vương is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Vietnamese rulers of the Hồng Bàng) period. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Vietnam...

 to its list of public holidays, increasing the number of days to 9. As in most other nations, if a holiday falls during the weekend, it is observed on the following Monday.

Public Holidays

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year New Year The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner.... 's	Tết dương lịch
From last two days of the last lunar month to 3rd day of the first lunar month	Tết Tet Tet can mean:*Tết or Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese new year**Tet Offensive, a military campaign that began in 1968*Têt in Roussillon, France*Equal temperament, abbreviated as 12-TET, 19-TET and so on...  (Vietnamese New Year)	Tết Nguyên Đán Tet Tet can mean:*Tết or Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese new year**Tet Offensive, a military campaign that began in 1968*Têt in Roussillon, France*Equal temperament, abbreviated as 12-TET, 19-TET and so on...	Largest holiday of the year, occurs around late January-early February
10th day of the 3rd lunar month	Hung Kings Hung Vuong Hùng Vương is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Vietnamese rulers of the Hồng Bàng) period. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Vietnam...  Commemoriations	Giỗ tổ Hùng Vương	New holiday since 2007, around April (adopted by the government National Assembly of Vietnam The Constitution of Vietnam recognizes the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as "the highest organ of state power." The National Assembly, a 493-member unicameral body elected to a five-year term, meets twice a year...  on March 28, 2007)
April 30	Liberation Day Liberation Day Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, or the end of an occupation by another state, thereby differing from independence in the meaning of secession from... /Reunification Day Reunification Day Victory Day , Reunification Day , or Liberation Day is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the occasion Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon on April 30, 1975...	Ngày giải phóng	Fall of Saigon and reunification of Vietnam in 1975
May 1	International Workers' Day International Workers' Day International Workers' Day is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organized street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries...	Ngày Quốc tế Lao động
September 2	National Day National Day The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation or non-sovereign country. This nationhood can be symbolized by the date of independence, of becoming republic or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler . Often the day is not called "National Day"...	Quốc khánh	Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...  declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam North Vietnam The Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976 following the Geneva Conference and laid claim to all of Vietnam from 1945 to 1954 during the First Indochina War, during which they controlled pockets of territory throughout... )

Other Holidays

Date	English name	Local name
February 3	Communist Party of Viet Nam Communist Party of Vietnam The Communist Party of Vietnam , formally established in 1930, is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the...  Foundation Anniversary	Ngày thành lập Đảng
March 8	International Women's Day International Women's Day International Women's Day , originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and...	Quốc tế Phụ nữ
May 19	President Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam... 's Birthday	Ngày sinh Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh
June 1	International Children's Day	Ngày quốc tế thiếu nhi
June 28	Vietnamese Family Day	Ngày gia đình Việt Nam
July 27	Remembrance Day (Day for Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers)	Ngày thương binh liệt sĩ
August 19	August Revolution August Revolution On August 19, 1945, the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began the August General Uprising Tổng Khởi Nghĩa, which was soon renamed the August Revolution . Whether or not this series of events should be called a "revolution" is disputable; what is clear is that, from August 19 onwards, demonstrations and...  Commemoration Day	Ngày cách mạng tháng 8
October 10	Capital Liberation Day	Ngày giải phóng thủ đô
October 20	Vietnamese Women's Day	Ngày phụ nữ Việt Nam
November 20	Teacher's Day	Ngày Nhà giáo Việt Nam
December 22	National Defense Day (People's Army of Viet Nam Foundation Anniversary)	Ngày hội quốc phòng toàn dân (ngày thành lập Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam)
December 25	Christmas Day	Giáng sinh/Nôen
15/1 (lunar)	Lantern Festival Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival ; is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the Chinese calendar, the last day...  (Full moon of the 1st month)	Tết Nguyên Tiêu (Rằm tháng giêng)
15/4 (lunar)	Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, the birthday of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mahayana Buddhism.- East Asia except Japan :...	Lễ Phật đản
5/5 (lunar)	Mid-year Festival	Tết Đoan ngọ
15/7 (lunar)	Ghost Festival Ghost Festival The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries...	Rằm tháng bảy, Vu Lan
15/8 (lunar)	Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival , also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival or Zhongqiu Festival, is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese people. A description of the festival first appeared in Rites of Zhou, a written collection of rituals of the Western Zhou...	Tết Trung thu
23/12 (lunar)	Kitchen guardians	Ông Táo chầu trời