PM decides seven days off for 2020 Lunar New Year holiday

VGP – PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on the length of the 2020 Lunar New Year holiday.

October 09, 2019 8:00 AM GMT+7

Accordingly, officials, public servants and employees working at administrative, non-business agencies, political organizations and socio-political organizations will have seven days off, from Thursday of January 23, 2020 to Wednesday of January 29, 2020.

The Lunar New Year is the biggest festival in a year for Vietnamese as it is an occasion for family reunion.

Vietnamese people got 24 days off in 2019, in which the 2019 Lunar New Year holidays lasted 9 days.

Pubic holidays in Viet Nam include Lunar New Year, Hung Kings' Festival, Reunification Day-Labor Day, and National Day./.

By Thuy Dung