Vietnam Teacher's Day

This holiday allows students to express their respect to their teacher. Students begin preparing a week in advance, and many classes usually prepare literature and art to welcome Teachers' Day, while other students prepare foods and flowers for the parties held at their schools. Students usually visit their teachers at their homes to offer flowers and small gifts, or organize trips with their teachers and classmates. Former students also pay respect to their former teachers on this day. The holiday has its origins in a meeting between educators in communist bloc nations in Warsaw in 1957. It was first celebrated in 1958 as the Day of the International Manifest of Educators; in 1982 the day was renamed Vietnamese Educators' Day.

Vietnamese Teacher's Day (November 20) has long been a special day for people to express the tradition of "Respecting the teacher and treasuring the morality", honour the teachers who teach the students knowledge and proper behaviour ...

The forthcoming Vietnamese Teacher's Day is an occasion for students to show their affection to those who always impart knowledge and educate them with all their heart. This day has become an annual festive day of teachers across the country. Vietnamese Teacher's Day is not only the day for students who are studying in the school express their gratitude to their teachers, but also a good occasion for each people to meditate and recall unforgettable memories which thay have ever had with their beloved teachers. In many schools, activities with various programs to celebrate Vietnamese Teacher's Day have been planned in early October.

"In many countries, Teacher's Day are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers, and may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community in general. The day on which Teacher's Day is celebrated varies from country to country. Teacher's Days are distinct from World Teacher's Day which is officially celebrated across the world on October 5". ~From Wikipedia.

In Vietnam, Teacher's Day ( was also renamed Vietnamese Educator's Day since 1982), has long been choosen officially a special day to express the tradition of "respecting the teacher and treasuring the morality". During this holiday, the students from everywhere in Viet Nam, also others from abroad, preparing special presents to honor their Teachers and to welcome Teacher's Day. Decorating class with special accessories, competiting to get more and more good marks, building the more exciting atmosphere of studying, and flower especially is the most popular activities and gifts prepared by students and pupils. Beside that, students usually gather in groups, then they go to their teacher's house to celebrate their teacher. That's is great time, when both teachers and their students can talk and