The most important and widely celebrated public holiday of the year is Tet –Lunar New year. This public holiday usually takes place in late January or early February and lasts officially for four days. There is no more colorful time to be in Viet Nam than during the days leading up to “Tet Nguyen Dan”, the most important festival of the year for Viet Nam’s Kinh ethnic majority. Other important public holidays such as: The Liberation of Sai Gon (April 30), International worker’s Day (May 1), Ho Chi Minh’s birthday (May 19 ), and Vietnamese National Day ( September 2),…
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