Tedious process to decide Tet break panned, experts demand simplification

Farmers wrap flowers for sale several days before the 2022 Lunar New Year holiday at Sa Dec Flower Village in the southern province of Dong Thap, January 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Tai

The Lunar New Year holidays do not fall on fixed days every year but instead are decided on an annual basis by various ministries.

The Labor Code merely requires the Tet holidays, Vietnam's most important festival, to last at least five days, and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to add more days to ensure that weekends are not lost so that workers get as many days off work as possible.

The ministry gathers feedback from various ministries and other agencies before drafting a final plan and submitting to the government for its green light.

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