Many businesses give workers a day off for New Year's Day
Many businesses plan to give employees a day off for New Year's Day, according to a survey by a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Nguyen Van Thang (a worker residing in Thien Loc commune, Hanoi City) said that the company where he works has announced the 2026 New Year holiday. Accordingly, he will only have 1 day off for New Year's Day (January 1, 2026).
"With a day off, I won't go anywhere but just stay at home to rest with my family," Mr. Thang shared.
In Bac Ninh, Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung - Chairman of the Trade Union of Ha Bac Garment Company said that the enterprise also only had 1 day off for the New Year (January 1, 2026) because it was related to the progress of the goods plan.
A grassroots union chairman with 30,000 employees, operating in the electronics sector in Bac Ninh, also said that the enterprise only had 1 day off.
Sharing about the plan to take a day off on January 2, 2026 and switch (to work as compensation) to a weekly day off on Saturday, January 10, 2026, the chairman of this grassroots union said that it would be very difficult because Saturday is still a working day; if it was changed to Sunday, the company would have to pay a different salary than normal days. Meanwhile, the payment of regimes and policies to employees is also related to customer evaluation.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has just agreed with the plan for the New Year holiday in 2026 as proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, specifically, for civil servants and public employees: Day off on January 1, 2026 of the Lunar calendar according to regulations; holiday on January 2, 2026 and swapped (to make up for it) to a weekly Saturday holiday on January 10, 2026.
Thus, during the 2026 New Year, civil servants and public employees are proposed to have 4 consecutive days off (from Thursday, January 1, 2026 to Sunday, January 4, 2026).
As for the 2026 Lunar New Year holiday schedule for employees, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor encourages employers to apply the 2026 Lunar New Year holiday for employees as prescribed for civil servants and public employees but ensure full implementation of the policies for employees according to the provisions of law; encourage more favorable agreements for employees.
According to Article 112 of the 2019 Labor Code, employees are entitled to a New Year's holiday: 1 day (January 1 of the Labor calendar).
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