Culture :

School holidays : Http://education.vnu.edu.vn
official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
PISA ranking (average 493): 525 (among the 5 best WW)
Schooling is mandatory till age 17
Number of instructional weeks: 37 in secondary schools
Teaching language: Vietnamese
schools closed on Sunday
school uniforms required

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Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Culture : Foundation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (Vietnamese: Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), formally established in 1930, which is the governing party of the nation of Vietnam. It is today the only legal political party in that country. Describing itself as Marxist-Leninist, the CPV is the directing component of a broader group of organizations known as the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

School holidays :

Buddhism (Vajrayana) : The most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán, which is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning of the First Day . Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese variation of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]

Buddhism (Vajrayana) : The most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán, which is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning of the First Day . Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese variation of the Chinese lunisolar calendar,

Secular holiday : The most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán, which is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning of the First Day . Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese variation of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. Employers who require employees to work must pay three times normal wages. A customary Tet bonus is often paid to employees prior to their leaving for the lunar new year holiday. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday

Secular holiday : The most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán, which is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning of the First Day . Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese variation of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. Employers who require employees to work must pay three times normal wages. A customary Tet bonus is often paid to employees prior to their leaving for the lunar new year holiday. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday

cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February

Secular holiday : The most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán, which is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning of the First Day . Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese variation of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. Employers who require employees to work must pay three times normal wages. A customary Tet bonus is often paid to employees prior to their leaving for the lunar new year holiday. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday

Secular holiday : The most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán, which is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning of the First Day . Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese variation of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. Employers who require employees to work must pay three times normal wages. A customary Tet bonus is often paid to employees prior to their leaving for the lunar new year holiday. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday

School holidays :

Culture : Called Chap Go Meh, Yuan Xiao Jie, Yuen Siu or Shangyuan. First full moon after the Chinese New Year - also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day.