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Serving
Students at
Santa Ana
College and
Santiago
Canyon College
VIETNAM
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Business
Hours
Office
hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Banking
hours: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday;
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday
Government
hours: Monday through Saturday between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; lunch
hours vary between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Shops
and restaurants are open in the evenings up to 10:00 p.m.
Holidays
The most
important holiday in Vietnam is Tet, the Lunar New Year. It is officially
celebrated for four days, but business generally slows down for one week
before and one week after the celebration. Travel (including international
travel) becomes very difficult, hotels are full and many services close
down for at least a week and at times a lot longer.
Some of
the major religious festivals follow a lunar calendar. They include:
Late Jan-early
Feb: Tet the most important festival of the year, marking the new
lunar year as well as the advent of spring.
August:
Wandering Souls Day, the second-largest festival of the year, when offerings
of food and gifts are given to the wandering souls of the forgotten dead.
June:
Doan Ngu, when human effigies are burnt, becoming soldiers in the god of
death's army.
April:
Holiday of the Dead, which commemorates deceased relatives.
At full
moon there are held special prayers at Vietnamese and Chinese pagodas.
Many Buddhists eat only vegetarian food on these days.
Other
Holidays and Festivals
January
1
New Year's Day.
January
- April 22 2001 Huong Pagoda
Festival, Ha Tay.
January
28 - February 2 Lieu Doi Wrestling
Festival, Nam Ha Province.
January
28
Dong Da Festival, Hanoi.
January
29
Festival of Earl-Cathcing, Vinh Phu.
February
or March
Elephant Race Festival, Buon Don.
February
5
Lim Folklore Festival.
April
3
Hung King's Temple Festival.
April
30
Liberation/Reunification Anniversary.
May 1
Giong Festival, Hanoi and Labor Day.
September
2
National Day, Founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
September
16
Lang Ong Festival, Ho Chi Minh City.
September
24 - 25
Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival, Hai Phong.
September
25 - October 5 Kate Festival, Ninh Thuan.
Oct Champ Festival
(of the Brahmanism sect).
October
1
Mid Autumn Festival.
October
28-31
Keo Pagoda Festival.
Business
Cards
Business
cards should have a Vietnamese translation on the back.
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