Ministry of Home Affairs guides agencies and businesses on Tet and National Day holidays in 2026

The Ministry of Home Affairs encourages employers to apply the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 for employees as prescribed for civil servants and public employees. (Photo: Anh Tuan/VNA)

The Ministry of Home Affairs has just announced the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 for officials, civil servants, public employees and workers.

Pursuant to the direction of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the Minister of Home Affairs hereby notifies administrative agencies, public service agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, enterprises and other employers of the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026.

Specifically, cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers of administrative agencies, public service agencies, political organizations, and socio-political organizations will have 5 days off for the 2026 Lunar New Year according to regulations, including 1 day before Tet and 4 days after Tet.

The official Lunar New Year holiday starts from Monday, February 16, 2026 (ie December 29, At Ty year) to Friday, February 20, 2026 (ie January 4, Binh Ngo year). Along with the 5 Tet holiday days, civil servants and public employees will have 4 consecutive days off every week. Thus, the public sector will have a holiday of up to 9 consecutive days from February 14, 2026 to February 22, 2026.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said that agencies and units implementing the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 must arrange and organize their on-duty departments according to regulations and work reasonably to handle continuous work, ensuring good service to organizations and people. The Ministry of Home Affairs noted that they should assign officers and civil servants to be on-duty to handle sudden and unexpected tasks that may occur during the holidays and Tet according to regulations.

Ministries, agencies and localities have specific and appropriate plans and measures to encourage units, enterprises, organizations and individuals to actively and proactively implement measures to develop production, business, and economic and social activities.

This content aims to ensure supply and demand of goods and services, stabilize prices and markets, contribute to promoting economic growth, practice thrift, and combat waste before, during, and after the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026.

Agencies and units that do not have a fixed schedule of Saturday and Sunday every week must arrange a suitable schedule of holidays based on the specific program and plan of the unit, in accordance with the provisions of law.

For employees and employers in the non-public sector, the unit decides to choose the Lunar New Year holiday plan as follows: Choose to take 1 day off at the end of the year of At Ty and the first 4 days of the year of Binh Ngo or 2 days off at the end of the year of At Ty and the first 3 days of the year of Binh Ngo or 3 days off at the end of the year of At Ty and the first 2 days of the year of Binh Ngo.

On the occasion of National Day, civil servants and public employees are entitled to 2 days off according to regulations, including September 2, 2026 and the day immediately preceding September 1, 2026. The whole country also swaps the working day from Monday, August 31, 2026, to the weekly day off on Saturday, August 22, 2026 (off Monday, August 31, 2026 and compensated work on Saturday, August 22, 2026).

Thus, along with weekly holidays and holidays, officials and civil servants will have 5 consecutive days off on National Day from August 29, 2025 to September 2, 2026.

For employees in the business sector, the National Day holiday will be Wednesday, September 2, 2026, and they can choose one of two days off: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 or Thursday, September 3, 2026.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, units must notify employees of their plans for Tet and National Day holidays in 2026 at least 30 days before implementation.

If the weekly day off coincides with a public holiday or Tet holiday as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 112 of the Labor Code, the employee shall be entitled to take a compensatory weekly day off on the next working day as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 111 of the Labor Code.

The Ministry of Home Affairs encourages employers to apply the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays in 2026 to employees as prescribed for civil servants and public employees. The State also encourages more favorable agreements for employees.

According to Vietnam+

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/xa-hoi/202510/bo-noi-vu-huong-dan-co-quan-doanh-nghiep-nghi-tet-le-quoc-khanh-nam-2026-87908d3/