Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training proposes students have 11 days off for Tet, an increase of 2 days

(NLDO)- If the proposal is approved, more than 1.7 million students in Ho Chi Minh City will have 11 days off for the 2025 Lunar New Year, 2 days more than the original plan.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the department has proposed a 2025 Lunar New Year holiday schedule for students from January 23 to February 2, 2025 (ie December 24 to January 5).

Thus, if the proposal of the Department of Education and Training of the City is approved by the City People's Committee, more than 1.7 million preschool students will have 11 days off for the Lunar New Year 2025, 2 days more than the original plan. According to Mr. Hieu, increasing the Tet holiday by 2 days will facilitate students and parents and will not affect the school year's plan and tasks.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training proposes that city students have 11 days off for Lunar New Year 2025

Previously, according to the plan, the Lunar New Year holiday schedule for students and teachers in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 was stated in Decision 3089/2024 of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on promulgating the 2024-2025 school year schedule for preschool education , general education and continuing education in the city.

Accordingly, the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday for more than 1.7 million preschool, primary, secondary and high school students is expected to start from January 25, 2025 (December 26) to February 2, 2025 (January 5). Students will have a total of 9 days off, less than last year.

The information that the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City proposed to increase the Tet holiday by 2 days was agreed by most parents, students and teachers of Ho Chi Minh City. The previous 9-day Tet holiday was considered too short, affecting the plans of many parents and students, especially those families living far away, who planned to return home for Tet...

Source: https://nld.com.vn/so-gd-dt-tp-hcm-de-xuat-hoc-sinh-duoc-nghi-tet-11-ngay-tang-them-2-ngay-196241206120615348.htm