Minister of Home Affairs announces Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026

Photo caption — Workers return home to celebrate Tet on the "Union Train - Spring 2025". Photo: Thanh Vu/VNA

According to this announcement, cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers of administrative agencies, public service agencies, political organizations, and socio-political organizations will have the Lunar New Year 2026 holiday as follows: 5 days off according to regulations, including 1 day before Tet and 4 days after Tet from Monday, February 16, 2026 (ie December 29, At Ty year) to Friday, February 20, 2026 (ie January 4, Binh Ngo year).

Civil servants and public employees will have the following days off for the National Day holiday in 2026: 2 days off according to regulations, including September 2, 2026 and the day immediately preceding September 1, 2026; swapping from the working day Monday, August 31, 2026 to the weekly day off Saturday, August 22, 2026 (off Monday, August 31, 2026 and working as a compensatory day on Saturday, August 22, 2026).

Agencies and units implementing the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 must arrange and organize on-duty departments according to regulations and work reasonably to handle continuous work, ensuring good service to organizations and people, in which it is important to assign officers and civil servants to be on duty to handle sudden and unexpected work that may occur during holidays and Tet according to regulations.

Ministries, agencies and localities have specific and appropriate plans and measures to encourage units, enterprises, organizations and individuals to actively and proactively implement measures to develop production, business, economic and social activities, ensure supply and demand of goods and services, stabilize prices and markets, contribute to promoting economic growth, practice thrift, and combat waste before, during and after the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026.

Agencies and units that do not have a fixed schedule of Saturday and Sunday off every week will base on the specific program and plan of the unit to arrange a suitable schedule of off, in accordance with the provisions of law.

For employees who are not cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees of administrative agencies, public service agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, employers decide to choose the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 as follows: On the occasion of Lunar New Year, choose to take 1 day off at the end of the year of At Ty and 4 days at the beginning of the year of Binh Ngo or 2 days off at the end of the year of At Ty and 3 days at the beginning of the year of Binh Ngo or 3 days off at the end of the year of At Ty and 2 days at the beginning of the year of Binh Ngo.

National Day: Closed on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 and choose to close on either Tuesday, September 1, 2026 or Thursday, September 3, 2026.

Notify employees of the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 at least 30 days in advance. If the weekly day off coincides with the public holidays specified in Clause 1, Article 112 of the Labor Code, employees will be entitled to take a compensatory weekly day off on the next working day as specified in Clause 3, Article 111 of the Labor Code. Employers are encouraged to apply the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 to employees as prescribed for civil servants and public employees; encourage agreements that are more beneficial to employees.