Vietnam rules out nine-day holiday during April–May break

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Manh Khuong said the ministry has not proposed swapping working days to extend the holiday period.

Speaking to the media on April 10, he confirmed there is no plan to rearrange working days to allow a nine-day break during the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day and the April 30 and May 1 holidays.

In recent days, there has been public discussion suggesting that officials, civil servants and workers could have an extended holiday by swapping working days with weekends.

However, the deputy minister said the Ministry of Home Affairs has not proposed such an arrangement.

In an official dispatch sent on April 10 to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government bodies, and provincial and municipal authorities, the ministry said the holiday schedule will follow the provisions of the Labor Code 2019.

There is currently no policy to adjust the holiday schedule, and no proposal has been made to swap working days to extend the break.

As a result, there will be no nine-day continuous holiday during this period.

The ministry has requested ministries, sectors and local authorities to continue implementing the holiday schedule in line with the Labor Code.

Under the current schedule, public employees will have a three-day break for the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day from April 25 to 27, before returning to work on April 28 and 29.

For the April 30 and May 1 holidays, workers will have four days off, including two official holidays and two weekend days, from April 30 to May 3.

Hai Phong News