Teachers' Day

Vietnamese Teachers' Day is observed on November 20 and gives students, families and schools a formal occasion to recognise teachers. It is not a statutory public holiday, yet it is highly visible in educational life through assemblies, performances, flowers and messages of appreciation.

The observance highlights the respect traditionally attached to learning and teaching. Since it is a school-centred cultural date rather than a nationwide closure, individual institutions decide how to mark it and normal services usually continue.

Vietnamese Teachers' Day was formally designated for November 20 by Council of Ministers Decision 167-HĐBT in 1982, building on earlier observance connected with international teachers' union activity. Its modern purpose is to recognise educators, review conditions in the profession and express the established ideal of respecting teachers and learning. Schools commonly organise assemblies, performances, alumni visits and commendations, sometimes adjusting lessons locally so staff can participate. The decision created an education-sector commemorative date, not an Article 112 public holiday. Government offices, unrelated businesses and transport therefore do not close automatically, and each school communicates its own November 20 programme.