National Holidays in Vietnam for 2017 | |||
| Date | Day | Holiday | Description |
| January 1, 2017 | Sunday | New Year’s Day | Even though Vietnam still follows the lunar calendar to determine holidays and cultural events, people are starting to embrace the Western Calendar as well. Thus the annual International New Year’s day – January 1st is also being celebrated. |
| January 2, 2017 | Monday | New Year’s Day Holiday | Long weekend purposes |
| January 27, 2017 | Friday | Tet Holiday | Considered as the most important holiday in Vietnam. One week long celebration of the Vietnamese New Year in accordance with the lunar calendar. |
| January 28, 2017 | Saturday | Tet Holiday | |
| January 29, 2017 | Sunday | Tet Holiday | |
| January 30, 2017 | Monday | Tet Holiday | |
| January 31, 2017 | Tuesday | Tet Holiday | |
| February 1, 2017 | Wednesday | Tet Holiday | |
| February 2, 2017 | Thursday | Tet Holiday | |
| April 6, 2017 | Thursday | Hung Kings Commemoration Day | The Death of anniversary of Hung Kings is celebrated yearly to show deep gratitude towards Vietnamese origins and ancestors. |
| April 30, 2017 | Sunday | Reunification Day | Commemoration day of reunification between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the North and the Republic of Vietnam in the South into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
| May 1, 2017 | Monday | Labor Day | Following the International Labor Day, Vietnam celebrates this day together with more than 80 countries all over the world. |
| May 2, 2017 | Tuesday | Reunification Day Holiday | Long weekend purposes |
| September 2, 2017 | Saturday | Independence Day | Commemoration of Declaration of Independence from French Colony read by Ho Chi Minh, the first President of Vietnam. |
| September 4, 2017 | Monday | Independence Day Holiday | Long weekend purposes |
Christmas and other Christian Holidays are celebrated too and with the discretion of the person or organization if they want to observe it or not.
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