Lunar New Year 2025 holiday schedule for employees, workers and laborers

According to Notice No. 6150/TB-BLDTBXH dated December 3, 2024 of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday schedule has been announced. This is part of the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday plan, ensuring consistency for both the public and private sectors.

2025 Tet holiday schedule for state agency officials and employees

Officials and civil servants will have 9 days off for Tet, starting from Saturday, January 25, 2025 (ie December 26, year of Giap Thin) to Sunday, February 2, 2025 (ie January 5, year of At Ty). The time off includes 5 official Tet holidays and 4 weekly days off. The Tet holiday regulations for state employees have been designed to create favorable conditions for workers.

2025 Tet holiday schedule for workers and employees at enterprises

Enterprises can decide on their own Tet holiday plans for employees. According to the 2025 private enterprise Tet holiday schedule, employers are responsible for notifying at least 30 days in advance. The time off can be chosen according to one of the following three options:

1 day off at the end of the year of Giap Thin and the first 4 days of the year of At Ty:Holiday from Tuesday, January 28 (December 29 of the lunar calendar) to Saturday, February 1, 2025 (January 4 of the lunar calendar). Followed by Sunday, February 5, 2025, workers and laborers will have 6 days off in total.

If the businessno work on saturdaysThen workers and laborers will get one more day off in compensation, totaling 7 days off.

Closed for the last 2 days of the year of the Dragon and the first 3 days of the year of the Snake:Closed from Monday, January 27 (December 28 of the lunar calendar) to Friday, January 31, 2025 (January 3 of the lunar calendar). Including the 2 previous weekends (January 25-26) and the 2 following weekends (February 1-2)

If the businessno work on saturdaysworkers and laborers get a total of 9 days off.

If the businessdo on SaturdayThen we can calculate the option of combining 2 Saturdays, workers and employees will have a total of 8 days off.

Closed for the last 3 days of the year of the Dragon and the first 2 days of the year of the Snake:

If the businessno work on saturdays: Holiday from Friday, January 24 (December 25th lunar calendar) to Thursday, January 30, 2025 (January 2nd lunar calendar). In general, workers and laborers have 7 days off.

If the businesswork on Saturday: Holiday from Saturday, January 25 (December 26 of the lunar calendar) to Thursday, January 30, 2025 (January 2 of the lunar calendar). In total, workers and laborers have 6 days off.

Note:

In case the weekly day off coincides with the Tet holiday, the employee will be given compensatory day off on the following day.

The 2025 Tet holiday notice of the Ministry of Labor encourages businesses to apply the same Tet holiday time as for officials and employees. This helps increase uniformity and ensure the rights of employees.