Public workers may get seven days off on Lunar New Year 2027

This would give public workers seven consecutive days off, from Thursday, February 4, or the 28th day of the final lunar month, through Wednesday, February 10, or the fifth of the first lunar year.

Deputy Director General of the Department of Employment under the Ministry of Home Affairs Nguyen Thi Quyen explained that the proposed 2027 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday schedule was formulated in strict accordance with current statutory frameworks.

Specifically, the proposal draws directly on the provisions of the Labor Code, the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants, the Law on Public Employees, and the Law on the Organization of the Government, among other relevant legal regulations, to balance workplace productivity with statutory leave entitlements.

The plan was drawn up after the ministry collected feedback from relevant ministries and agencies.

Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs also submitted a proposal for a four-day break for Viet Nam Culture Day (November 24). Under the plan, Monday, November 23 would be swapped for Saturday, November 28 as a working day.

This would allow civil servants and public employees to take four consecutive days off from Saturday, November 21 through Tuesday, November 24, before returning to work on Wednesday.

They would work on Saturday, November 28 to make up for the transferred working day./.