Sometimes, during your travel, you may have small problems such as forgetting your luggage at the hotel, losing your plane ticket, or getting lost. To be able to overcome these problems, you always need help from government agencies. However, it is not always possible to contact these agencies, as administrative agencies in Vietnam operate based on specific working hours. Therefore, you need to know the time frames below to be able to contact promptly and get timely help.
Public Holidays
Date | Holiday |
January 1 | New Year's Day, (one day holiday) |
April 30 | Saigon Liberation Day, (one day holiday) |
May 1 | International Labour Day, (one day holiday) |
September 2 | National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, (one day holiday) |
Vietnam Traditional Lunar New Year Festival - Tet Nguyen Dan (Four-day holiday). Tet holiday usually falls at the end of January or the middle of February by the lunar calendar. The holiday begins on the last day of the last lunar month and lasts through the first three days of the Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) | |
The 10th day of the third lunar month (on April 12, 2011; March 31, 2012; April 19, 2013; April 9, 2014; April 28, 2015) The Hung Kings Commemoration Day of the whole nation (one day holiday) |
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