Circular 05/2025/TT-BGDDT (Circular 05) takes effect from April 22, 2025.
In particular, Article 6 of the circular stipulates the annual leave of teachers as follows:
Summer vacation time as prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree No. 84/2020/ND-CP dated July 17, 2020 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Education.
During the summer vacation, teachers participate in training and fostering according to the requirements of the job position, participate in high school graduation exams, and enroll when called up by competent authorities;
Holidays, Tet and other holidays as prescribed by the Labor Code and the Law on Social Insurance;
Based on the school year plan, scale, characteristics, and specific conditions of each school, the principal arranges annual leave for teachers in accordance with regulations, ensuring the school year time frame.
In case the summer vacation and maternity leave of female teachers have the same period, in addition to the leave period prescribed in Point b, Clause 1 of this Article, the leave of teachers includes:
Maternity leave according to regulations;
Summer vacation outside of maternity leave (before or after maternity leave);
In case the summer vacation period specified in Point b of this Clause is less than the number of annual days off as prescribed by the Labor Code, teachers will have an additional number of days off. The total number of additional days off and the number of days off specified in Point b of this Clause are equal to the number of days off annually as prescribed in the Labor Code. Additional leave is flexibly arranged according to the agreement between the teacher and the principal.
In case a male teacher is entitled to maternity leave when his wife gives birth according to the provisions of the Law on Social Insurance, during the leave, the male teacher is allowed to teach at the prescribed teaching period and does not have to teach compensation. In case the maternity leave when the male teacher's wife gives birth coincides with the summer vacation, there will be no compensatory leave.
Annual leave for principals and deputy principals
Annual leave for principals and deputy principals includes summer vacation; holidays, Tet and other holidays as prescribed by the Labor Code and the Law on Social Insurance;
The summer vacation of principals and vice principals is flexibly arranged during the school year and during the summer vacation of teachers to ensure that school activities run normally and ensure the completion of work tasks summoned by management agencies at all levels (if any).
The summer vacation schedule of principals and deputy principals must be reported to the competent management agency or according to decentralization.
