Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Laos
1 Jan (e) Sat New Year's Day
6 Jan Thu Pathet Lao Day
20 Jan Thu Army Day
9 Feb Wed Chinese New Year Chinese Lunar
8 Mar Tue Women's Day
22 Mar Tue People's Party Day
13 Mar wed Laotian New Year (Pi Mai) (3 days)
1 May (f) Sun Labour Day
23 May Mon Buddha Day (Vesak) Hindu Lunar (3)
1 Jun Wed Children's Day
21 Jul Thu Khao Pansa (Buddhist Fast Begins) Hindu Lunar (3)
13 Aug (e) Sat Lao Issara (Day of the Free Laos)
12 Oct Wed Liberation Day
13 Oct Thu Bouk Khao Pansa (Buddhist Fast Ends) Hindu Lunar (3)
2 Dec Fri National Da
Disclaimer
While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of bank holidays, legal holidays
and public holidays for Laos, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data
presented above. Some of the bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Laos are based on
calendars whose determination is inherently approximate, as described in the footnotes below, which we
strongly urge you to read. In addition, in many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary,
last minute, changes by the local authorities and you are therefore advised to verify the above dates
with the embassy or consulate of Laos, before planning any trip to Laos.
Footnotes
** Bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based on certain religious calendars are
subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities,
or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another
holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious
(bad luck), To find out more about these uncertainties, see the specific footnote, if any, for each
holiday.
(3) When calculating the date of bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based on
the Hindu Lunar calendar, if the date is expunged (ie. does not occur), then we use the following existing
date of the Hindu Lunar calendar. Local practice concerning expunged days may vary regionally. For more
details on the evaluation of Hindu holidays,
e: Bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays that occur on a Saturday may,
in Laos, be observed on the previous Friday or the following Monday. The fact that the date
displayed above is a Saturday means, either that there is no reliable official rule concerning
holidays that occur on a Saturday, or that the rule is that these holidays do not move. In either
case, individuals and/or businesses may decide to take the Friday or Monday off regardless of the
official national policy.
f: Bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays that occur on a Sunday may, in Laos,
be observed on the following Monday. The fact that the date displayed above is a Sunday means, either
that there is no reliable official rule concerning holidays that occur on a Sunday, or that the rule
is that these holidays do not move. In either case, individuals and/or businesses may decide to take
the Monday off regardless of the official national policy.
Source: http://www.qppstudio.net/worldholidays/laos.htm