Holiday Guide for Lao in 2018

Lao 2018

Lao
2018

Lao information

Population: 7.28m
Capital: Vientiane
Calling Code: (856)
Time Zone: +7 UTC
Currency: Lao kip
Language: Lao

List of National Holidays in Lao in 2018

	Monday January 1st Long Weekend! International New Year's Day Lao: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Thursday March 8th International Women's Day Lao: The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
	Monday April 16th Long Weekend! Lao New Year Lao: Celebrated for three days, this is the most important festival in Laos
	Tuesday April 17th Lao New Year Holiday (in lieu) Lao: Second day of holidays to mark the Lao New Year
	Wednesday April 18th Lao New Year Holiday (in lieu) Lao: Third day of holidays to mark the Lao New Year
	Tuesday May 1st International Labour Day Lao: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Friday July 20th Long Weekend! Women's Union Establishment Day Lao: The Lao Women's Union was established on July 20th 1955 to promote the role of women under the National Constitution
	Thursday October 25th Boat Racing Festival Lao: Held at different times in late summer or early fall in every riverside town to mark the end of Buddhist Lent.
	Thursday November 22nd That Luang Festival Lao: Pilgrimage to That Luang Stupa in Vientiane on the full moon in the twelfth lunar month
	Sunday December 2nd National Day (in lieu) Lao: The establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975

Notes

Foreign employees are allowed to have one day off for their National Day.