{"id":11016,"date":"2025-01-21T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T03:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/?p=11016"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:02:24","slug":"vietnamese-teachers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/vietnamese-teachers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Teacher\u2019s Day- Everything you need to know about this day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">On September 28, 1982, the Council of Ministers (now the Government) issued Decision No. 167-HDBT establishing November 20 every year as a holiday named &#8220;Vietnam Teachers&#8217; Day&#8221;. From&nbsp;then,&nbsp;the November 20th of every year will be the <strong>Vietnamese Teacher&#8217;s Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><div><strong>Skip to Your Section<\/strong><\/div><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-is-vietnamese-teachers-day\">What is Vietnamese Teacher\u2019s Day?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#vietnamese-teachers-day-origin\">Vietnamese Teachers\u2019 Day origin<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#how-vietnamese-students-and-teachers-celebrate-teachers-day\">How Vietnamese students and teachers celebrate Teacher&#8217;s Day<\/a><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-students-do\">What students do<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-schools-and-parents-do\">What schools and parents do<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#vietnamese-teachers-day-of-foreign-teachers-in-vietnam\">Vietnamese\u00a0Teacher&#8217;s day of foreign teachers in Vietnam<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#dont-be-afraid-of-getting-gifts-and-flowers\">Don&#8217;t be afraid of getting gifts and flowers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#all-in-all\">All in all&#8230;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-vietnamese-teachers-day\"><strong>What is Vietnamese Teacher\u2019s Day?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In Vietnam, the teacher&#8217;s day falls on the 20th of November, this day allows students to show respect and gratitude&#8217;s to their teachers. Since teaching is a noble profession, Vietnamese Teacher\u2019s Day&nbsp;is a big day not only for teachers but also for all society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vietnamese-teachers-day.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese Teacher\u2019s Day is an important occasion for anyone at any age\" class=\"wp-image-13059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vietnamese-teachers-day.jpg 650w, https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vietnamese-teachers-day-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Vietnamese Teacher\u2019s Day is an important occasion for anyone at any age<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In Asian culture, we have an idiom \u201cM\u1ed9t ch\u1eef c\u0169ng l\u00e0 th\u1ea7y, n\u1eeda ch\u1eef c\u0169ng l\u00e0 th\u1ea7y&#8221;, it literally means if someone teaches you even a word or a half word, you have to see them as your teacher. It shows how important teachers are and how much we need to appreciate them. Not only the students who are in schools, all people send wishes to their old teachers to show their respects to the people who gave them knowledge and many life lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In honor of said near approaching day, follow us through this article to find out what makes this day special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vietnamese-teachers-day-origin\"><strong>Vietnamese Teachers\u2019 Day origin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vietnamese-Teachers-Day-origin.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese Teachers\u2019 Day origin\" class=\"wp-image-13060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vietnamese-Teachers-Day-origin.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Vietnamese-Teachers-Day-origin-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Vietnamese Teachers\u2019 Day origin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 1946, an organization dedicated solely for educational employments called FISE (F\u00e9deration International Syndicale des Enseignants) was established in Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Then in 1949, at Vacsava international conference, the FISE organization officially announced a charter regarding teachers and educational employees that included 15 chapters in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The charter\u2019s content mainly revolved around the fight between modern education systems against its bourgeois and feudal counterpart; protecting the legitimate substantial and mental rights of everyone involved in the educational field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">From the 26th to 30th of August 1957, FISE had 57 countries in total participations, including Vietnam. In the end, Vietnam decided to choose November 20th annually as our country&#8217;s Teachers\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">On November 20th 1982, the first nationwide celebration was grandly held in Vietnam. From that day on, the particular 20th has become one of the most traditional and important days for the country education sector, honoring every single individual that has contributed to the development of said sector and their achievements to grow the new future, their students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-vietnamese-students-and-teachers-celebrate-teachers-day\"><strong>How Vietnamese students and teachers celebrate Teacher&#8217;s Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Instead of having classes, the whole teachers and students in Vietnam have a day off to attend an annual meeting to celebrate the teacher\u2019s day. In the meeting, the teachers usually give speeches about the importance of education in the development of the country to encourage the students to study harder and become a great person. There are also some performances from the students during the meeting, this is a great opportunity for them to show their talents and make the meeting more interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-students-performance-on-the-teachers-day.jpg\" alt=\"How Vietnamese students and teachers celebrate Teacher's Day\" class=\"wp-image-13061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-students-performance-on-the-teachers-day.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-students-performance-on-the-teachers-day-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>How Vietnamese students and teachers celebrate Teacher&#8217;s Day<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-students-do\"><strong>What students do<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The students show their love to their teachers by saying how much they appreciate the teacher&#8217;s work to give them knowledge and also teaching them how to become a good person. They give their teachers flowers and gifts as a thank you. There is a tradition on this day, people go visit their teachers so the teachers are quite busy when they have a lot of students through many generations coming to express their gratitude&#8217;s to the one who guided them on their education path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-schools-and-parents-do\"><strong>What schools and parents do<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Beside the love and affection from students, teachers also get a lot of care from the parents and the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the children are in kindergartens or primary schools and don&#8217;t know how to express their feelings, their parents will do the job. They bring the kids to the teacher&#8217;s house with flowers and presents. Since Vietnamese people are told to respect their teachers since they are kids so this spirit is maintained from generations to generations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The government spends most of the time on the national TV channel for television reportages and documentary shows to honor the teaching career in general and also the importance of being a teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vietnamese-teachers-day-of-foreign-teachers-in-vietnam\"><strong>Vietnamese&nbsp;Teacher&#8217;s day of foreign teachers in Vietnam<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Are you wondering if foreign teachers who are currently teaching in Vietnam are honored on this day? The answer is \u201cYes&#8221;. They will get blessings and gifts from the students, the parents and the schools where they are teaching just like other Vietnamese teachers. They will feel all the love and respect from Vietnamese people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese Teacher's day of foreign teachers in Vietnam\" class=\"wp-image-13062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Vietnamese Teacher&#8217;s day of foreign teachers in Vietnam<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Someone is even so surprised by what happens in the Vietnamese national teacher&#8217;s day as it is not a traditional holiday in their home country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cI heard about Teachers\u2019 Day when I came to Vietnam, and it was a surprise to me because we don\u2019t have anything like that in Australia,\u201d a lecturer who engaged in four Teachers\u2019 Day celebrations in Vietnam told Vietnam Insider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cI think it\u2019s great and wonderful that the students are doing all this for the teachers, recognizing the teachers. It\u2019s always nice to see so much effort from our students. I think all the teachers look forward to this day,\u201d asserted Melvin Fernando, a foreign lecturer who has lived in Vietnam for nearly ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a foreigner working as a teacher in Vietnam, this means a lot to me as well. Anticipating the day has given me some time to evaluate myself as a teacher. When the greetings and the appreciation come pouring in, I can\u2019t help but make some time for self-reflection and review my life as a teacher. It helps me rebuild myself and motivates me to become a better teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dont-be-afraid-of-getting-gifts-and-flowers\"><strong>Don&#8217;t be afraid of getting gifts and flowers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I am a person that is very easy to please so I often tell my students to avoid grand gestures. My adult students would usually give me flowers or treat me in a coffee shop. Small bag accessories are also usual gifts I receive. However, when it comes to my students\u2019 parents, I cannot really control how they show their appreciation. I have received bags, perfumes, ceramics and other useful things from the parents. It\u2019s quite overwhelming, to be honest. As much as we appreciate this day, there are more pressing issues that need to be addressed in the whole educational system of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I hope that the government will consider other measures to show appreciation to the Vietnamese teachers like higher salary and more laws for their protection. That\u2019s my only prayer for Teachers\u2019 Day\u201d. The feeling of Rowena D Law-agey, a Filipino teacher living in Vietnam for more than 2 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-filipino-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day.png\" alt=\"Don't be afraid of getting gifts and flowers\" class=\"wp-image-13063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-filipino-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day.png 656w, https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a-filipino-teacher-with-her-student-and-his-mother-on-the-teachers-day-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"all-in-all\"><strong>All in all&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What is Vietnamese&#039;s TEACHER DAY like?\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8z_W7XYg2PA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Watch &#8221; What is Vietnamese&#8217;s TEACHER DAY like?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In general, the 20th of November in Vietnam has become the day that teachers get all the attention and love they deserve. Although being a teacher sometimes can be really difficult but because of having this day, they will feel very proud to be a teacher and encourage young talented people to choose teaching careers in the future and contribute their knowledge to the development of the nation&#8217;s education. We want to say thank you to all teachers currently <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vietnamteachingjobs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teaching in Vietnam<\/a><\/strong> and wish you to have a wonderful teacher&#8217;s day with your students. 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