The Lao public holidays, the Lao Traditional Festival for 2021, and Other Importance Days as follows:
The year will change, but the date of public holidays is the same.
A. Public holiday -Days off | Details |
Friday, Jan 1st, 2021 | International New Year’s Day |
Monday, Mar 8th, 2021 | International Women’s Day |
Date Apr, 14th– 16th 2021 | Lao New Year |
Saturday, May, 1st 2021 | International Labor’s Day |
Tuesday, Jul 20th, 2021 | Lao Women’s Union day |
Thursday, Dec 2nd, 2021 | Lao P.D.R National Day |
B. Lao Traditional Festival -Days off | Details |
Thursday, Jan, 28th 2021 | Makhabuza’s Day |
– | Sikhottabong Festival’s Day |
– | Watphou Festival’s Day |
Monday, April, 26th 2021 | Visakhabuza’s Day |
Saturday, Jul, 24th 2021 | Buddhist Lent Festival |
Monday, Sep, 6th 2021 | Rice Growing Festival |
Tuesday, Sep, 21th 2021 | Ancestor Festival |
Thursday, Oct, 21th 2021 | End of Buddhist Lent |
Friday, Oct, 22th 2021 | Vientiane Boat Racing Festival (Vat Chanh Boat Racing Festival) |
Friday, Nov, 19th 2021 | That Luang Festival |
Ethnic Traditional Day | Ethnic Traditional Day |
C. Other Importance Days | Details |
Jan,20th 1949 |
National Military’s Day |
Feb, 1st 1966 | Lao Trade union’s Day |
Mar, 8th 1910 |
International Women’s Day |
Mar, 22nd 1955 | Establishment Day of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party |
May, 1st 1886 | International Labor’s Day |
Jun, 1st 1950 | International Children’s Day and National Arbour’s Day |
Jul, 7th 1909 | Former President Souphanouvong’s Birthday |
Jul | National Fish Release and Wildlife Conservation’s Day |
Aug, 8th 1950 | National Mass Media’s Day |
Aug, 15th 1991 | National Constitution’s Day |
Aug, 23rd 1975 | Uprising’s Day |
Oct, 7th 1994 | National Teacher’s Day |
Oct, 7th 1968 | Establishment Day of the Bank of Lao PDR |
Oct,12th 1945 | Independence Declaration’s Day |
Dec, 13rd 1920 | Former President Kaysone Phomvihane’s Birthday |