The total number of public holidays next year is set at 19 days, announced the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

As the National Day on September 2 falls on Monday, State employees will be given three days off work from Saturday, August 31 to Monday, September 2.

HCM City will ban all vehicles between 5:30 pm and 9:30pm on Dong Khoi Street today, between 4:30am and 10:30am on Le Duan Street on Sunday, and between 7pm and 9:30am on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street next Tuesday in District 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic airlines have been asked to minimise delayed or cancelled flights during the upcoming holidays to mark Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local travel companies are looking to modest growth in tour bookings during the upcoming holidays of Hung Kings’ death anniversary, Reunification Day, and International Labor Day from late April till early May.

 Tourists to Sa Pa town in the northern province of Lao Cai are increasingly experiencing the traditional customs of locals, including making the unique herbal bath remedy of the Red Dao ethnic minority people in Ta Phin commune.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bus tickets will rise by nearly 30 per cent during Reunification Day and International Labour Day (April 30-May 1) holidays, said the Ha Noi Bus Station Management Company.