The school will flexibly handle

Speaking to Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters on the morning of December 14, Mr. Ho Tan Minh, Chief of Office of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, said that Ho Chi Minh City has issued a document instructing schools on adjusting the Lunar New Year holiday for students from 9 days to 11 days, adding 2 days off before Tet.

Accordingly, schools proactively develop educational plans for the school year and create favorable conditions and reasonable solutions for students not residing in the city during the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday.

According to Mr. Minh, in order to create conditions for students to participate in a traditional national activity, which is the family grave-sweeping ceremony, and to create maximum conditions for students and their families to return to their hometowns during the Lunar New Year, the Department of Education and Training has instructed schools that if there are difficulties with transportation or the hometown is far away, and students need to take a few more days off, the principal needs to flexibly resolve the issue so that the school still ensures enough time for teaching, learning, testing, evaluation and completing the education plan in the 2024-2025 school year according to regulations.

Previously, on December 12, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issued a decision to adjust the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday schedule. Accordingly, the City People's Committee approved the proposal of the Department of Education and Training to adjust the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday schedule for preschool, general education and continuing education in Ho Chi Minh City from January 23, 2025 (ie December 24, Giap Thin year) to February 2, 2025 (ie January 5, At Ty year). Thus, Ho Chi Minh City students will have a total of 11 days off for the 2025 Lunar New Year, an increase of 2 days compared to the previous plan.