Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training proposes to add 2 more days off for Lunar New Year for students

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has proposed that the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee change the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday schedule by adding 2 more school days compared to the previous schedule.

Students of Phan Van Tri Primary School (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) participate in activities at the Spring Festival 2024

According to the leader of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the department has proposed changing the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday schedule to suit reality and ensure enough time to implement the school year plan.

The holiday starts from January 23, 2025 (December 24) to February 2, 2025 (January 5), a total of 11 days.

With this proposal, the Lunar New Year holiday will be extended by 2 days compared to the expected schedule for the 2024-2025 school year that the City People's Committee previously issued. This is to facilitate students and parents to travel for the New Year and not affect the school year schedule.

According to the Lunar New Year holiday schedule stipulated in the 2024-2025 school year time plan issued by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, this school year, more than 1.7 million preschool children, primary school students to high school students in Ho Chi Minh City will have the Lunar New Year holiday starting from January 25, 2025 (ie December 26th of the lunar calendar) to February 2, 2025 (ie January 5th of the lunar calendar).

Based on the above Lunar New Year holiday schedule, including weekends before and after the specified time, students in Ho Chi Minh City have a total of 9 days off.

Meanwhile, with the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday schedule, students in Ho Chi Minh City will be off from February 5, 2024 (ie December 26th of the lunar calendar) to February 18, 2024 (ie January 9th of the lunar calendar). Including weekends before and after the scheduled time, students in Ho Chi Minh City will have a total of 16 days off.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/so-gd-dt-tphcm-de-xuat-tang-them-2-ngay-nghi-tet-nguyen-dan-cho-hoc-sinh-185241206120622196.htm