# Vietnam National Holiday **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 1, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889 "2003-06-01T03:53:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gillianssj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@Gillianssj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillianssj2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/1 "2003-06-01T03:53:48Z")
What is the national holiday in Vietnam? ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_VA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@Alex\_VA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_VA)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/2 "2003-06-01T04:23:03Z")
February 3 - Founding Day of the Communist Party of Vietnam April 30 - Liberation Day of South Vietnam and Saigon May 1 - Labor Day May 19 - Ho Chi Minh’s birthday May 28 - holiday in commemoration of the birth, the enlightenment and the death of the Buddha September 3 - Day to commemorate the death of Ho Chi Minh in 1969 ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/3 "2003-06-01T04:39:09Z")
National Day is September 2, according to [holidayfestival.com](http://www.holidayfestival.com/Vietnam.html) (and several other sites – Google for “world holidays”) ---
**Author:** ![Gillianssj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@Gillianssj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gillianssj2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/4 "2003-06-01T04:41:17Z")
Geez! Finding information about Vietnam is so hard! What the heck is the National Flower? I love learning about countries but this one is just so hard!!! ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/5 "2003-06-01T04:56:44Z")
Vietnam may not have a national flower. Of the sites that Google returned (search term: Vietnam “national flower”), I found two non-answers: [http://vietnam.asiannet.com/vietnam\_middle\_info.htm](http://vietnam.asiannet.com/vietnam_middle_info.htm) [http://www.geobop.com/Symbols/plants/flowers/world/](http://www.geobop.com/Symbols/plants/flowers/world/) Bear in mind, though, that I have no special knowledge of Vietnam, and am only providing information pulled from the web. ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/6 "2003-06-01T05:12:52Z")
Oh, as for just generally learning about different countries, these are probably two good places to start with (in case you don’t already know about them):[ul][li][CIA World Factbook](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/): The US government’s perspective[/li][Rough Guides](http://travel.roughguides.com/default.html) (better than [Lonely Planet](http://www.lonelyplanet.com), IMO): The travelers’ perspective[/ul]Meh, maybe that was three places. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/7 "2003-06-01T05:46:07Z")
There are also holidays that take place according to the lunar calender, such as Asian New Year and Mother’s Day. I know this one occurs sometime between May and October, because I know it’s always really hot when we celebrate it. New Year tends to fall during the end of January or the beginning of February. Just out of curiosity, why are you asking about Vietnam? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/8 "2003-06-01T06:53:53Z")
Alex VA’s list looks pretty complete. There’s also March 8, “International Women’s Day”, but that’s not really a national day. I’ll be in Viet Nam in about a week, so I can ask what the national flower is, but I imagine the response will be, “What the hell are you talking about?” (Mot bong hoa quoc gia la cai quai gi?) ---
**Author:** ![Aquafina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Aquafina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquafina)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/9 "2006-03-08T21:13:11Z")
Heh, I am qualified to give an acurate answer to this question. We don’t have a national flower. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/10 "2006-03-08T21:18:49Z")
OK, so now somebody’s gotta start a thread for nominations for Vietnam’s new national flower. It’s the Straight Dope Way… ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/11 "2006-03-08T21:19:00Z")
Is Tet still celebrated in Vietnam? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-national-holiday/178889/12 "2006-03-08T22:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] Is Tet still celebrated in Vietnam? [/QUOTE] Indeed it is. It’s roughly equivalent to the Chinese new year, which is based on a lunar calendar.