On December 07, 2022, the Minister of the Ministry of Labour, War
invalids and Social affairs issued Announcement No. 5034/TB-LDTBXH on Lunar New Year and National
day holidays in 2023 of officials, public employees and workers.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Labour, War invalids and Social affairs announces the official schedule for Lunar New
Year and National Day holidays in 2023 to administrative agencies, political
organizations, socio-political organizations, enterprises and other employers
for implementation. To be specific:
1. Officials, public employees and workers working at
administrative agencies, political organizations or socio-political
organizations (hereinafter referred to as “officials and public employees”) are
entitled to have the Lunar New Year holiday in 2023 from Friday, January 20,
2023 of the solar calendar (i.e. December 29, 2022 of the lunar calendar) to
the end of Thursday, January 26, 2023 of the solar calendar (i.e. January 05,
2023 of the lunar calendar). This holiday includes 05 days of the lunar New Year holiday and 02 days of compensatory time-off
for the weekly days off as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 111 of the Labour
Code.
2. Officials and public employees are entitled to have the
National Day holiday in 2023 from September 01, 2023 (Friday) to the end of
September 04, 2023 (Monday) of the solar calendar. This holiday includes 02
days of the National Day holiday, 01 weekly day off and 01 day of compensatory
time-off for the weekly day off as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 111 of the
Labour Code.
3. Any agency or unit that adopts the abovementioned holiday
schedule for Lunar New Year and National Day in 2023 shall be responsible to
properly assign its personnel to ensure uninterrupted and effective operation
to serve organizations and individuals.
4. Any agency or unit that does not take automatic days-off on
Saturday and Sunday every week shall, depending on its specific work program or
plan, set an appropriate holiday schedule of their own.
5. For employees, employers may adopt the following holiday
schedule for Lunar New Year and National Day in 2023:
- The Lunar New Year holiday may include 01 ending day of the
year 2022 and 04 beginning days of the year 2023 of the lunar calendar, or 02
ending days of the year 2022 and 03 beginning days of the year 2023 of the lunar
calendar, or 03 ending days of the year 2022 and 02 beginning days of the year
2023 of the lunar calendar.
- The National Day holiday will
include September 02, 2023 (Saturday) and either September 01, 2023 (Friday) or
September 03, 2023 (Sunday) of the solar calendar.
- The holiday schedule for Lunar New Year and National Day in
2023 must be notified to workers at least 30 days before implementation.
- In case a weekly day off coincides with a public holiday
prescribed in Clause 1 Article 112 of the Labour Code, workers will have
compensatory time-off on the next business day as prescribed in Clause 3
Article 111 of the Labour Code.
- Employers are encouraged to adopt the same Lunar New Year
holiday schedule for their workers as officials and public employees.
6. Other public holidays shall be taken in accordance with the
provisions of the Labour Code.
Department
of Enterprise Management.