Workers will Enjoy a Series of Long Holidays in 2026 after the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year

After the nine consecutive days of the Lunar New Year holiday, cadres, civil servants, and workers will enter the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day holiday, the April 30 – May 1 holiday, and the National Day holiday on September 2.

According to the provisions of the Labor Code, employees are entitled to days off with full pay on public holidays and Lunar New Year each year. Specifically, Article 112 clearly stipulates the holidays as follows: New Year’s Day (1 day), Lunar New Year (5 days), Victory Day on April 30 (1 day), International Workers’ Day on May 1 (1 day), National Day on September 2 (2 days), and Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day (1 day, the 10th day of the third lunar month).

Foreign employees working in Vietnam, in addition to the above days, are also entitled to one additional day off for their traditional New Year and one additional day for their National Day.

In addition, Article 111 provides that employees are entitled to at least 24 consecutive hours off per week. In cases where the weekly rest day coincides with a public holiday or Lunar New Year, a compensatory day off shall be granted on the next working day.

Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day Holiday Lasts 3 Days

Based on these provisions, in 2026 Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day falls on Sunday (April 26 in the Gregorian calendar). As it coincides with the weekend, employees are entitled to a compensatory day off on Monday (April 27). Including the two weekend days, the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day holiday lasts three days, from Saturday, April 25 through the end of Monday, April 27.

April 30 – May 1 Holiday Lasts 4 Consecutive Days

The two major holidays of April 30 and May 1 in 2026 fall on Thursday and Friday. For employees who do not work on Saturdays, the holiday lasts four consecutive days, from April 30 through the end of May 3 (including the two weekend days).

It is noteworthy that these two holidays are relatively close to each other. Employees who have just returned to work after the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day holiday will work for two days before taking leave again for the April 30 holiday.

According to Point a, Clause 2, Article 107 of the Labor Code 2019 and Clause 1, Article 59 of Government Decree No. 145/2020/GD, an enterprise that wishes to employ employees to work overtime on public holidays or Tet must obtain the consent of the employees (except for certain cases where the company is entitled to require overtime work without the employees’ consent as prescribed in Article 108 of the Labor Code 2019).

Overtime Pay Rates during Public Holidays

Regarding overtime pay, pursuant to Article 98 of the Labor Code 2019, employees working overtime during public holidays or Lunar New Year in the daytime are entitled to at least 300% of their wage, excluding the holiday wage for employees paid on a daily basis.

Accordingly, employees who work on public holidays or Lunar New Year are entitled to a wage of at least 300%, excluding the wage for the public holiday, Tet holiday, or paid leave day applicable to employees paid on a daily basis.

At the same time, if employees work at night and perform overtime work at night, they are entitled to an additional payment of at least 30% of the wage calculated according to the wage unit price, plus 20% of the wage calculated according to the wage unit price or the wage corresponding to the work performed during daytime on a normal working day or on a weekly rest day or on a public holiday or Lunar New Year./.

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