Vietnam 2026 Public Holidays

International New Year's Day

1 January.

The Gregorian new year, a single statutory day off. It is much the smaller of Vietnam's two new year holidays — the lunar Tet, a few weeks later, is the one that empties the cities.

New Year's Day holiday

The days immediately after 1 January, where the break runs longer than one day.

An additional day off attached to New Year's Day. Countries that treat the turn of the year as a multi-day break — much of Eastern Europe, Japan, and parts of Asia — grant these beyond 1 January.

Vietnamese New Year's Eve

The last day of the twelfth lunar month, in late January or February.

The eve of Tet, when families complete the year's cleaning, settle debts and prepare the ancestral altar. The statutory Tet break begins on this day.

Vietnamese New Year

The first day of the first lunar month, between 21 January and 20 February.

Tet Nguyen Dan is by far the most important holiday in Vietnam. The law grants five consecutive days and the government routinely extends them, producing the country's largest annual internal migration as workers return to their home provinces.

Tet Holiday

The days following Tet, set each year by government decision.

The remaining days of the Tet break. The Labour Code sets five days; the Prime Minister issues an annual decision that bridges them into neighbouring weekends, so the actual break commonly runs seven to nine days with compensating working weekends.

Hung Kings Festival

The tenth day of the third lunar month, in April.

Gio To Hung Vuong honours the legendary Hung kings, held to be the founders of the Vietnamese nation. Became a public holiday in 2007; the main ceremony is at the Hung Temple in Phu Tho province.

Day off for Hung Kings Festival

A substitute day when the Hung Kings Festival falls on a weekend.

Vietnam guarantees the statutory number of days off, so holidays landing on a weekend are made up on the following weekday.

Liberation Day/Reunification Day

30 April.

Marks the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the end of the Vietnam War. Falling the day before International Labour Day, the two are always taken together as a two-day break.

International Labor Day

1 May.

International Workers' Day, paired with Reunification Day the day before to form a spring break that is often extended by bridge days.

Independence Day Holiday

An additional day off attached to Independence Day.

Where the national day is treated as a multi-day break, the additional days appear under this name.

Independence Day

The anniversary of the country's independence — a different date in every country.

The national day of a country that gained independence from another state, and typically its most important secular holiday. Over a hundred countries observe one, on dates ranging across the whole calendar.

Vietnam Culture Day

Varies — a commemorative date rather than a fixed statutory holiday.

A day promoting Vietnamese cultural heritage. Marked officially but not a general day off.