Holiday Guide for Lao in 2023

Lao 2023

Lao
2023

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 2023

	Sunday January 1st 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
	Wednesday March 8th International Women's Day Lao: The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
	Friday April 14th Long Weekend! Lao New Year Lao: Celebrated for three days, this is the most important festival in Laos
	Saturday April 15th Lao New Year Holiday Lao: Second day of holidays to mark the Lao New Year
	Sunday April 16th Lao New Year Holiday Lao: Third day of holidays to mark the Lao New Year
	Monday April 17th Long Weekend! Lao New Year Holiday Lao: Public holiday to mark the Lao New Year
	Tuesday April 18th Lao New Year Holiday Lao: Public holiday to mark the Lao New Year
	Monday May 1st Long Weekend! International Labour Day Lao: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Friday May 5th Long Weekend! Visakhabousa Day Lao: Marks three key events in Buddhas life - his birthday, the enlightenment and his achievement of Nirvana
	Thursday July 20th 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
	Monday October 9th Long Weekend! Boat Racing Festival Lao: Held at different times in October or early November in every riverside town to mark the end of Buddhist Lent.
	Saturday October 28th End of Buddhist Lent Day Lao: Boun Ok Phansa is a mark of the end of three month retreat during the rainy season of the monks
	Monday November 27th Long Weekend! That Luang Festival Lao: Pilgrimage to That Luang Stupa in Vientiane on the full moon in the twelfth lunar month
	Saturday December 2nd National Day 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.