Public holidays in Vietnam, 2026

How Vietnam public holidays work in 2026

Vietnam recognises eleven days of public holiday under article 112 of the Labour Code (Law 45/2019/QH14). The list is short by regional standards: New Year's Day, the Lunar New Year (Tết Nguyên Đán) cluster of five days centred on the first day of the first lunar month, Hung Kings Commemoration Day on the 10th day of the third lunar month honouring the legendary founders, Reunification Day on 30 April marking the 1975 fall of Saigon, Labour Day, National Day on 2 September commemorating the 1945 declaration of independence and an additional day adjacent to 2 September (added by 2021 amendment). Tết is by far the most economically significant holiday with nationwide migration to family villages.

Working days in Vietnam

Labour Code 2019 article 105 sets the standard working week at 48 hours over six days, with the State encouraging a 40-hour, five-day week. The standard office and banking week is Monday to Friday with Saturday and Sunday off; manufacturing and retail commonly run Monday to Saturday. Sunday is the statutory weekly rest day under article 111. The Civil Procedure Code article 152 rolls procedural deadlines falling on a non-working day to the next working day. Settlement of dong transactions runs on the State Bank of Vietnam's IBPS (Interbank Payment System), which observes the gazetted holiday list plus PM-extended Tết days.

For people planning cross-border meetings, the practical move is to overlay Vietnam's calendar with the calendars of the other countries on your team. A week that looks completely clear from your end might be a national holiday on theirs. The compare tool above pairs two country calendars and highlights the overlapping closures, so you can spot the weeks where almost no one is at their desk before you put a launch on the board.