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The Dong is the official currency of Vietnam. (VND – Vietnamese Dong )

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The Dong is the official currency of Vietnam. (VND – Vietnamese Dong )

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Public Holidays

1st January – New Years’: Last day of the last lunar month - 3rd day of the first lunar month – Vietnamese New Year 10th day of the 3rd lunar month – Hung King’s Commemoration 30th April – Liberation Day / Reunification Day 1st May – International Worker’s Day (Labor Day); 2nd September – National Day: Other Holidays 3rd February – Communist Party of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary 8th March – International Women’s Day 19th May – President Ho Chi Minh’s Birthday 1st June – International Children’s Day 28th June – Vietnamese Family Day 27th July – Remembrance Day 19th August – August Revolution Commemoration Day 10th October – Capital Liberation Day 20th October – Vietnamese Women’s Day 20th November – Teacher’s Day 22nd December – National Defense Day (People’s Army of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary) 25th December- Christmas Day 15/1 (Lunar) – Lantern Festival 15/4 (Lunar) – Buddha’s Birthday 5/5 (Lunar) – Midyear Festival 15/7 (Lunar) – Ghost Festival 15/8 (Lunar) – Mid Autumn Festival 23/12 (Lunar) – Kitchen Guardians

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Annual Temperature

a- January: 1. High: 31.6 °C 2. Low: 21.1 °C; b- February: 1. High: 32.9 °C 2. Low: 22.5 °C; c- March: 1. High: 33.9 °C 2. Low: 24.4 °C

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Ho Chi Minh City Residents

There are now nearly 10 million inhabitants in Ho Chi Minh City with a population that is growing rapidly at a rate of 200 thousand per year. About 90% of the population is Vietnamese and 8% of the population is Chinese, a large number of whom live in the district of Cholon, the largest Chinatown of Vietnam.

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