- Vanuatu
- Vanuatu:
The Republic of Vanuatu consists of about eighty islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Independence Day, July 30, 1980.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Easter, Labor Day, Ascension Day, Independence
Day, Assumption, Constitution Day (Oct 5), Unity Day, Christmas.
- Venezuela
- Venezuela:
The Republic of Venezuela is located on the northern coast of South America.
Independence Day, July 5. Anniversary of the declaration of independence in 1811, making it the first South American nation to declare independence from Spain. Independence was officially achieved in 1830.
Declaration of Independence, April 19. Also known as Day of the Indian.
Battle of Carabobo Day, June 24. Commemorates the anniversary of Bolivar's victory in the Battle of Carabobo in 1823. A public holiday. This day is also Army Day in Venezuela.
Teacher's Day, January 15. A national day in honor of teachers. Translated from Dia Del Maestro.
Bolivar's Birthday, July 24, 1783. Also observed in Ecuador.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Carnival, Easter, Declaration of Independence,
Labor Day (May 1), Battle of Carabobo Day, Independence Day, Bolivar's
Birthday, Civil Servants' Day (Sep 4), Columbus Day, Christmas, New Year's
Eve. Additional bank holidays are Epiphany, St Joseph's Day, Ascension
Day, St Peter and St Paul's Day, Assumption, All Saints' Day, Immaculate
Conception.
- Vietnam
- Vietnam:
The Socialist Republic of Viet-Nam is located in southeast Asia.
Day of the Nation, September 2, 1945. Originally was an independence day commemorating the proclamation of independence on this day following the Japanese surrender in 1945. It is now a celebration of Ho Chi Minh's declaration of freedom for Vietnam, and Ho Chi Minh Memorial Day.
Independence Day, June 14. Anniversary of independence from France in 1949. Only in South Vietnam.
Founding of the Communist Party, February 3.
Liberation of Saigon, April 30.
Tet Nguyen Dan, occurs in January of February. Lunar new year three day festival. [same as Chinese New Year?]
Thanh Minh, between April 5 and 20. Same as
Taiwan's Ching Ming festival.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Tet Nguyen Dan, Emperor-Founder Hung Vuong's Day
(Apr 7), Liberation of Saigon, Labor Day, Day of the Nation.
- Virgin Islands
- Virgin Islands:
The United States Virgin Islands is an External Territory of the US located in the Carribean Sea.
Liberty Day, first Monday of November. Commemorates the first press in the nation in 1915. The official name is D. Hamilton Jackson Memorial Day.
Transfer Day, last Monday of March. On March 31, 1917, the United States purchased the islands from Denmark for $25 million.
Hurricane Supplication Day, fourth Monday of July. Observed with prayer for safety through the hurricane season.
Hurricane Thanksgiving Day, third Monday of October. A day of thanks for the end of the hurricane season.
Nicole Robin Day, August 4. On this day in 1973, the ship Nicole Robin returned safely with her crew.
Organic Act Day, third Monday in June. On July 22, 1954, The US Congress enacted the Revised Organic Act which organizes the government of the Virgin Islands.
Danish West Indies Emancipation Day, July 3. Celebrates the freedom for slaves in the Danish West Indies achieved in 1848.
Public holidays.
New Year's Day, Three King's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents'
Day, Transfer Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Organic Act Day, Danish West Indies
Emancipation Day, US Independence Day, Hurricane Supplication Day, Labor
Day, Columbus Day, Hurricane Thanksgiving Day, Liberty Day, Veterans' Day,
US Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.
