Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed off on a proposal that will grant state employees nine days off for Tet (Lunar New Year) and two other extended holidays in 2015.
An announcement posted on the government website Monday said the official holiday will begin on February 15 and end on February 23. State employees will have to work on Saturday (February 14) to make up the extra day off (Monday, February 16).
The labor ministry submitted two options for the Tet holiday -- 7 days or 9 days -- to PM Dung last month. The ministry recommended the 9-day option since it would create an uninterrupted holiday with a relatively even number of days off both before and after the holiday itself (4 and 5 days).
The 9-day option “received strong backing since it is in line with the Vietnamese custom and meets the needs of the workers,” the government website said Monday.
As for the Gregorian New Year's holiday, PM Dung also allowed civil servants to take a day off on Friday, January 2, 2015 so they will have four consecutive days off between January 1 and 4. By doing so, they will work on Saturday, December 27, 2014 to make up for their extra day off
Another extended holiday is also in the offing next year. To celebrate what will be the Hung Kings' Temple Festival, which pays tribute to the traditional founders of the nation, and the Liberation Day on April 30 that marked the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, state employees will have six days off -- from April 28 to May 3. They will work on Saturday, April 25, in lieu.
(http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnam-pm-approves-9day-lunar-new-year-holiday-34748.html)
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