Vietnam has many public holidays, special festivals and events.

The most important celebration of year in Vietnam is Tet, or Lunar New Year, which falls either in late January or early February each year. Vietnamese people have officially three public days, but in reality almost all of Vietnam shuts down for a full week.


Here in are lists of other official Public Holidays:

• 1 January: New Year’s Day
• 3 February: founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam
• 8 March: Women’s Day
• 26 March: Youth Day
• 30 April : Liberation of Saigon Day
• 1 May : International Labour Day
• 19 May: Birthday of Ho Chi Minh
• 1 June: Children’s Day
• 27 July: Memorial Day
• 19 August: celebrating the August 1945 revolution
• 2 September: National Day
• 20 October: Vietnamese Women’s
• 20 November: Teacher’s
• Day 22 December: Army Day