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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
Is it true that in Vietnam everyone officially turns 1 day old on the same day regardless of when they were actually born, and if coincidence comes into play and birth is done at the right time someone could be only days old and be officially 2 years old?
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LOL I have never heard this. But if it is true, I may have some 2257 explaining to do if I only have models who are 2 years old.
But I can tell you about their calendar system.
The Vietnamese lunar calendar begins with the year 2637 B.C. It has 12 months of 29 or 30 days each, and the year totals 355 days.
At approximately every third year, an extra month is included between the third and fourth months. This is to reconcile the lunar calendar with the solar one.
The Vietnamese like the lunar calendar because they can be sure of a full moon on the 15th day of each month. in their everyday life, however, they use the Gregorian calendar.
Unlike our centuries of 100 years, the Vietnamese calendar is divided into 60-year periods called "Hoi."