All long weekends in Vietnam
Aug 29 – Sep 2, 2026

National Day (extended) 2026

Five days off without touching your leave. Go further than usual.

National Day marks Ho Chi Minh's reading of the Declaration of Independence at Ba Dinh Square in 1945, celebrated with flag ceremonies, parades and fireworks in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The government swapped a working Saturday to create five consecutive days off.

  • National Day (Tue 1 Sep and Wed 2 Sep), extended by a swapped working Saturday
Flying from
Hanoi (HAN) / HCMC (SGN)
Comfortable range
Up to about 10 hours in the air

Where to go

Good ideas for 5 days off

Tell us who is going and we'll match the kind of stay to the trip.

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Stay in Vietnam 5 ideas

Da Nang & Hoi An
~1.3h

Beach and lantern-lit old town in one trip.

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Phu Quoc
~1h

Island resorts an hour from Saigon.

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Ha Long Bay & Ninh Binh
~2.5h

Karst scenery, drivable from Hanoi.

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Sapa
~5h

Rice terraces and cool mountain air.

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Da Lat
~1h

Pine forests and cool nights.

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Head abroad 7 ideas

Bangkok
~1.8h

Under two hours, and cheap all year.

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Singapore
~2h

Easy first trip abroad, especially with kids.

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Kuala Lumpur
~2h

Short, affordable, and food-first.

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Taipei
~3h

Three hours to night markets and hot springs.

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Bali
~4.5h

Best on the five-day September break.

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Seoul
~5h

Five days makes this genuinely doable.

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Tokyo & Osaka
~5.5h

The September window is your best shot.

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Before you book

Worth knowing about this break

  • Officially five days - no annual leave needed
  • Five days opens up Korea, Japan and Bali, not just the neighbours
  • The heaviest domestic travel window after Tet, so book early or fly out

Flights out of Hanoi (HAN) / HCMC (SGN)

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