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2022 Lunar New Year holiday to last for five days

The 2022 Lunar New Year holiday will last from January 31 through February 4, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has agreed.

That means the holiday, also called Tet - the longest and most important traditional festival in Vietnam, will be from the 29th day of the 12th lunar month in the Year of the Buffalo to the 4th day of the Year of the Tiger.

Meanwhile, the National Day holiday will be from September 1 to 2.

The Deputy PM made the decision on the basis of the proposal submitted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Other weekend and anniversary holidays will still take place as regulated in the Labour Code, according to the Government Office’s announcement of his opinion./.
VNA/VNP

Cultures of the World Festival closes with celebration of global unity

Cultures of the World Festival closes with celebration of global unity

Held from October 10–12, the festival was of an unprecedented scale, featuring 48 countries and international organisations, 45 cultural spaces, 34 international culinary booths, 23 art troupes from Vietnam and abroad, 12 publishing and book exhibition units, and 22 countries joining the international film screenings. This made the largest cultural diplomacy event in Vietnam’s history.

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