To: Prime Minister of Vietnam

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019, which assigns the Prime Minister of Vietnam to consider actual conditions for deciding the specific days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday and the National Day Holiday. To have grounds to appeal to the Prime Minister of Vietnam for decisions on days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday and the National Day Holiday 2024, the Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam has developed draft schemes to propose the days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday and the National Day Holiday 2024 for officials, public employees, and employees of administrative agencies, public service providers, political organizations, socio-political organizations, and enterprises while collecting opinions from 16 concerned Ministries and central authorities with 13 among them agree with the scheme to have days off on September 2 and September 3, 2024 for the National Day Holiday and the scheme to have 2 days off before Tet and 3 days off after Tet for the Lunar New Year Holiday. The Ministry of Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam shall, based on the summary of opinions from concerned Ministries and central authorities (enclosed tables of summary of opinions), submit a report to the Prime Minister of Vietnam on the schemes for days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday and the National Day Holiday 2024 for officials, public employees, and employees of administrative agencies, public service providers, political organizations, socio-political organizations (hereinafter referred to as “officials and public employees”) and employees of enterprise clusters who are not officials and public employees (hereinafter referred to as “employees”) with the following contents:

1. For officials and public employees:

1.1. Lunar New Year Holiday 2024

a) Scheme 1: 5 days off according to regulations with 2 days off before Tet and 3 days off after Tet.

Officials and public employees shall enjoy the Lunar New Year Holiday 2024 from Thursday, February 8, 2024 of the Gregorian Calendar to the end of Wednesday, February 14, 2024 of the Gregorian Calendar (which is December 29 of the Moon Calendar of the Year of the Cat to the end of January 5 of the Moon Calendar of the Year of the Dragon). Therefore, with this scheme, officials and public employees will have 7 days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday (including 5 days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday and 2 compensatory days off for the weekly days off according to Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labor Code).

b) Scheme 2: 5 days off according to regulations with 1 day off before Tet and 4 days off after Tet.

Officials and public employees shall enjoy the Lunar New Year Holiday 2024 from Friday, February 9, 2024 of the Gregorian Calendar to the end of Thursday, February 15, 2024 of the Gregorian Calendar (which is December 30 of the Moon Calendar of the Year of the Cat to the end of January 6 of the Moon Calendar of the Year of the Dragon). Therefore, with this scheme, officials and public employees will have 7 days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday (including 5 days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday and 2 compensatory days off for the weekly days off according to Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labor Code, and 2 weekly days off).

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1.1. National Day Holiday 2024

a) Scheme 1: 2 days off according to regulations, specifically September 2 of the Gregorian calendar and an adjacent day after September 2.

Officials and public employees enjoy days off from Saturday, August 31, 2024 to the end of Tuesday, September 3, 2024 of the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, with this scheme, officials and public employees will have 4 days off for the National Day Holiday (including 2 days off for the National Day Holiday and 2 weekly days off).

b) Scheme 2: 2 days off according to regulations, specifically September 2 of the Gregorian calendar and a day preceding September 2.

Officials and public employees enjoy 4 consecutive days off from Saturday, August 31, 2024 to the end of Tuesday, September 3, 2024 of the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, with this scheme, officials and public employees will have 4 days off for the National Day Holiday (including 2 days off for the National Day Holiday, 1 weekly day off, and 2 compensatory days off for the weekly days off according to Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labor Code).

c) The Ministry of Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam suggests the selection of scheme 1 out of the 2 because they both have the same number of days off, which is 4 consecutive days off from Saturday, August 31, 2024 to the end of Tuesday, September 3, 2024, but scheme 1 does not require any administrative procedure and arrangement of compensatory days off for the weekly days off according to Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labor Code (scheme 1 is consensually agreed on by every concerned Ministry and central authority).

2. For employees

Employers shall, based on the actual condition and the holiday schedules for officials and public employees, arrange the schedules for the Lunar New Year Holiday and National Day Holiday for employees (it is encouraged for employers to apply the schedule for the Lunar New Year Holiday for officials and public employees) as follows:

- Lunar New Year Holiday 2024:

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+ Notify employees of the scheme for the Lunar New Year Holiday schedule before implementation at least 30 days in advance. 

- National Day Holiday 2024:

Employers shall decide to let employers have 2 days off (September 2 of the Gregorian calendar and an adjacent day before or after September 2).

- If the weekly days off coincide with the days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday or National Day Holiday, employers shall arrange compensatory days off for employees on the next working days according to Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labor Code.

The Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam sincerely requests the Prime Minister of Vietnam to consider deciding on the days off for the Lunar New Year Holiday and National Day Holiday 2024 and assigns the Minister of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam to inform administrative agencies, public service providers, political organizations, socio-political organizations, enterprises, and employees for awareness and implementation (enclosed with draft notification)./. 

PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Le Van Thanh

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