Proposal for 7 days off for the 2027 Lunar New Year receives more comments

The Ministry of Home Affairs has just received an official letter of comments from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the plan for Vietnam Culture Day holiday in 2026, Lunar New Year holiday and National Day holiday in 2027.

After research, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism agreed to choose option 1 on Vietnam Culture Day holiday in 2026 (exchange to 4 days of holiday) and option 1 on Lunar New Year holiday in 2027 (no schedule swap, 7 days of holiday).

At the same time, this Ministry also agreed with other contents in the draft document submitted to the Prime Minister on the plan for National Day holidays in 2027.

In the official dispatch sent to collect opinions from ministries and sectors, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed 2 options for Tet Nguyen Dan 2027 holiday for civil servants and public employees.

Option 1 is 5 days off according to regulations, including 2 days before Tet and 3 days after Tet.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, because there are 2 weekly days off that coincide with Tet holidays, civil servants and public employees are entitled to 2 days off compensation according to regulations.

Thus, during the 2027 Lunar New Year holiday, civil servants and public employees are off from Thursday, February 4, 2027 (ie, December 28 of the year Binh Ngo) to the end of Wednesday, February 10, 2027 (ie, January 5 of the year Dinh Mui).

The total Tet holiday is 7 consecutive days, including 5 Lunar New Year holidays and 2 compensatory weekly holidays.

Option 2 is 5 days off according to regulations, including 1 day before Tet and 4 days after Tet.

With this option, swap Friday, February 12, 2027 to Saturday, February 27, 2027, weekly holiday.

Thus, during the 2027 Lunar New Year holiday, civil servants and public employees are off from Friday, February 5, 2027 (ie, December 29 of the year Binh Ngo) to the end of Sunday, February 14, 2027 (ie, January 9 of the year Dinh Mui).

The total Lunar New Year holiday in 2027 is 10 consecutive days (including 5 Lunar New Year holidays, 2 compensatory weekly days, 1 swap day and 2 weekly days.

The Ministry of Home Affairs proposes to choose option 1 because it ensures harmony between the right to rest of workers and the requirement to maintain stable administrative activities, production, business and socio-economic management.

This plan ensures a 7-day consecutive Tet holiday, basically meeting the needs of rest, family reunion and Tet preparation, and not prolonging it too much to affect the pace of return after the holiday.

The end of the holiday on Wednesday, February 10, 2027 also creates conditions for agencies, units, and businesses to soon stabilize operations after Tet, contributing to maintaining discipline, administrative order, improving labor productivity and promoting socio-economic development right from the beginning of the year, limiting the situation of work congestion, prolonged interruptions or slow recovery of production and business.

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