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Reunification Day (Vietnamese: Ngày Thống nhất), also known as Victory Day (Ngày Chiến thắng), Liberation Day (Ngày Giải phóng or Ngày Giải phóng miền Nam), or by its official name, Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (Ngày giải phóng miền Nam, thống nhất đất nước) [2] is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the event when the ...
Flag of the South Vietnamese government (8 March 1949 to 30 April 1975). Black April, or Tháng Tư Đen, observed annually on April 30, is a term used by overseas Vietnamese communities to commemorate the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, marking the end of the Vietnam War and the South Vietnamese government.
30 April is celebrated as a public holiday in Vietnam as Reunification Day (though the official reunification actually occurred on 2 July 1976) or Liberation Day (Ngày giải phóng). Along with International Workers' Day on 1 May, most people take the day off work and there are public celebrations. [102]
September 9 – Cánh Diều Awards 2023; September 10–11 – Joe Biden visits Vietnam; 12 September – 2023 Hanoi building fire: A fire at a 9-story apartment building in Hanoi, kills at least 56 people and hospitalizes 37 others. [7] 29 September – Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City.
New Year's Day: Tết dương lịch: 1: International public holiday From the 2nd last day of the last lunar month to 5th day of the first lunar month: Vietnamese New Year (Tet) Tết Nguyên Đán: 5: Lunar New Year Largest and most important holiday of the year, occurring around late January to early February 10th day of the 3rd lunar month
1–2 January – New Year's Day; 10-15 February – Vietnamese New Year; 18 April – Hung Kings Commemoration Day; 10 April – Hari Raya Puasa; 30 April – Reunification Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 2 September – National Day
In 2023, a three-person collective leadership was responsible for governing Vietnam. President Vo Van Thuong (since 2023), [40] Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (since 2021) [41] and the most powerful leader Nguyễn Phú Trọng (since 2011), leading the only legal political party, as the Communist Party of Vietnam’s General Secretary. [42]
The two calendars agreed again after a leap month lasting from 21 March to 19 April of that year was inserted into the Vietnamese calendar. In the Vietnamese zodiac, the cat replaces the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. So, a child born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit will be born in the Vietnamese year of the Cat (mẹo/mão).