Vietnam Public Holiday Calendar

Overview of Vietnam's Public Holidays

• Tet (Lunar New Year)
  Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most important festival and holiday in Vietnam. It typically results in a consecutive holiday period of about one week.
• Hung Kings Commemoration Day
  A holiday commemorating the Hung Kings (Hung Vuong), the legendary rulers of "Van Lang," a state said to have existed before the common era in northern and central Vietnam (10th day of the 3rd lunar month).
• Southern Liberation Day (Day of the Fall of Saigon)
  A day celebrating the victory of the Vietnam War (December 1960 - April 30, 1975). It commemorates April 30, 1975, when the forces of the National Liberation Front captured Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), the capital of South Vietnam, leading to an unconditional surrender.
• National Day (Independence Day)
  A holiday celebrating the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh, the first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, declared Vietnam's independence in Hanoi on September 2, 1945.
  The government designates September 2nd and one adjacent day to create a 2-day consecutive holiday.
• Culture Day (From 2026 onwards)
  Commemorates the guideline "Culture lights the way for the nation" put forward by President Ho Chi Minh at the First National Cultural Conference held on November 24, 1946. This declaration confirmed that culture is the spiritual pillar of national development.

Vietnam's National Flag & Anthem

National Flag

The national flag of Vietnam is known as the "Red Flag with a Gold Star." Reflecting its socialist nature, it features a large yellow star centered on a red background. The red symbolizes the blood spilled during the revolution. The five points of the star represent workers, peasants, soldiers, youth, and intellectuals. It was adopted as the flag of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) in 1955 and became the national flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam following the reunification of North and South in 1976.

National Anthem