Day Date Month Holiday Monday 02 Jan Compensate for New Year's Day Wednesday 08 Mar International Women's Day Friday 14 Apr Lao New Year (Pi Mai) Monday 17 Apr Compensate For Lao New year (Pi Mai) Tuesday 18 Apr Compensate For Lao New year (Pi Mai) Monday 01 May Labor Day Thursday 20 Jul Lao Women Union Establishment Monday 09 Oct Compensate For BOL Foundation Day Monday 04 Dec Compensate For National Day Wednesday 27 Dec Last 3 business days of each year Thursday 28 Dec Last 3 business days of each year Friday 29 Dec Last 3 business days of each year Source: http://www.lsx.com.la/cal/getHolidayCalendar.do?lang=en&year=2017&month=12&yearMonth=201712&category=H&num=&yearSelect=2017&monthSelect=11