Tourism seasons

Vietnam is a country where tourists can visit in all four seasons. The country's tourism service offers a wide range of programs convenient to tourists` circumstances.

In the North, the best tourist season lasts from November to April the next year. Spring time is especially pleasant because of the cooler, drier climate. Also at this time there are a lot of ritual ceremonies and folk festivals of many diverse forms; such as: Festivals to commemorate national heroes and heroines, folk cultural festivals, spring festivals, as well as prayer ceremonies for good crops, to cite just a few.

The most interesting one is the Lunar New Year Festival.

Visiting North Vietnam in the Winter season, you are recommended to bring along warm clothes. The temperature in Winter is around 10-15 degree Celsius. It becomes warmer in March and April.

Meanwhile in the South, the average temperature throughout the year is about 27 degree Celsius, so you just need thin garments, sun glasses and may be a hat or two.

Office hours: All Government offices are open from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM weekdays, except for a one-hour lunch break.

Public holidays

January 1: New Year Day (Tet Duong Lich)

February 3: Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party - The Vietnamese Communist Party was founded on this dat in 1930.

April 30: Saigon Liberation Day (Saigon Giai Phong)

May 1: International Labor Day (Quoc Te Lao Dong)

May 19: Birthday of President Ho Chi Minh

September 2: National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Quoc Khanh) - Commemorates the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi by Ho Chi Minh in 1945.

December 25: Christmas (Giang Sinh)