Hanoi, Sept. 14 -- This would give public workers seven consecutive days off, from Thursday, February 4, or the 28th day of the final lunar month, through Wednesday, February 10, or the fifth of the first lunar year.

Deputy Director General of the Department of Employment under the Ministry of Home Affairs Nguyen Thi Quyen explained that the proposed 2027 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday schedule was formulated in strict accordance with current statutory frameworks.

Specifically, the proposal draws directly on the provisions of the Labor Code, the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants, the Law on Public Employees, and the Law on the Organization of the Government, among other relevant legal regulations, to balance workplace productivity with statu...