New Year’s Day 2025 falls on a Wednesday.

As per Article 112 of the Labor Code, public officials, civil servants, and employees will enjoy a paid day off on January 1, 2025.

For employees required to work on New Year’s Day, employers must adhere to strict regulations:

Obtain the employee’s consent.

Ensure additional working hours do not exceed 50% of normal daily working hours. For weekly schedules, the total of regular and overtime hours must not exceed 12 hours per day.

Employees working overtime on New Year’s Day will earn a minimum of 300% of their regular hourly wage, excluding their standard holiday pay.

For night shifts, workers will receive at least 30% extra on top of their normal hourly wage, with total night shift pay on New Year’s Day reaching at least 390% of their regular daily wage.

Annual holiday entitlements

Vietnamese workers are entitled to 11 public holidays per year with full pay, as detailed in Article 112 of the 2019 Labor Code:

New Year’s Day: 1 day (January 1)
Lunar New Year: 5 days
Victory Day: 1 day (April 30)
International Labor Day: 1 day (May 1)
National Day: 2 days (September 2 and either the preceding or following day)
Hung Kings' Commemoration Day: 1 day (March 10 of the lunar calendar)

If a public holiday coincides with a weekly day off, employees are entitled to a substitute day off immediately afterward.

Foreign employees working in Vietnam are entitled to an additional day off for their home country’s National Day and one traditional holiday.

Vu Diep