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Politics affects everything, including public holidays. After a 15-year lapse, religious holidays were re-established in 1990.

The following are public holidays in Vietnam:

- New Year’s Day (Tet Duong Lich) 1 January

- Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnamese

- Communist Party (Thanh Lap Dang CSVN) 3 February - the date the party was founded in 1930.

- Liberation Day (Saigon Giai Phong) 30 April – the date on which Saigon surrendered is commemorated nationwide as Liberation Day.

- International Workers’ Day (Quoc Te Lao Dong) 1May

- Ho Chi Minh’s Birthday (Sinh Nhat Bac Ho)-19 May

- Buddha’s Birthday (Phat Dan) Eighth day of the fourth moon (usually June).

- National Day (Quoc Khanh) 2 September - commemorates the Declaration of Independence by Ho Chi Minh in 1945.

- Christmas Day (Giang Sinh) 25 December

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