Dates of Significance
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- Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) – Varies each year, usually January or February
- Buddha’s Birthday (Vesak) – Varies each year
- Hung Kings Commemoration – 10th day of the 3rd lunar month
- President Ho Chi Minh’s Birthday – 19th of May
- National Liberation Day or Reunification Day* – 30th of April
- Labour Day – 1st of May
- Remembrance Day – 7th of July
- Wandering Souls Day (Trung Nguyen) – Varies each year, usually August
- Moon Festival (Trung Thu) – Varies each year, usually August
- National Day – 2nd or 3rd of September
- Christmas Day – 25th of December
* This day is officially called the “Day of liberating the South for national reunification”. However, those Vietnamese who suffered at the hands of the Communist Party may refer to the ‘Liberation of Saigon’ as the ‘Fall of Saigon’. This can be a sensitive issue for many.