Day Date Month Holiday Monday 1 Jan New Year's Day Thursday 1 Mar Makha Bucha Day Thursday 8 Mar International Women's Day Monday 16 Apr Lao New Year (Pi Mai) Tuesday 1 May Labour Day Tuesday 29 May Wisakha Bucha Day Friday 1 Jun Children's Day Friday 27 Jul Boun Khao Phansa Friday 12 Oct Independence Day Wednesday 24 Oct Boun Ok Phansa Thursday 25 Oct Boat Racing Festival* Thursday 22 Nov That Luang Festival Monday 3 Dec Substitution for National Day (Sunday 2nd December 2018) Note: Boat Racing Festival is observed in Vientiane only. Source: www.splaopdr.com www.publicholidays.asia