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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Laos, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
The next public holiday in Laos is
National Teachers' Day
In 45 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Asia/Vientiane
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Laos public holidays in 2026
9 national closures in 2026. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | International New Year expected | Verified |
| 9 March 2026 | International Women's Day expected | Verified |
| 14 April 2026 | Lao New Year expected | Verified |
| 15 April 2026 | Lao New Year expected | Verified |
| 16 April 2026 | Lao New Year expected | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | International Labour Day expected | Compiled |
| 1 June 2026 | International Children's Day expected | Compiled |
| 7 October 2026 | National Teachers' Day expected | Verified |
| 2 December 2026 | Lao National Day expected | Verified |
The shape of Laos’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
9 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Laos, 2026
7 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | International New Year | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 7 Mar – 9 Mar | 3 days | International Women's Day | no leave needed |
| 11 Apr – 16 Apr | 6 days | Lao New Year | take Mon 13 Apr |
| 14 Apr – 16 Apr | 3 days | Lao New Year | no leave needed |
| 14 Apr – 19 Apr | 6 days | Lao New Year | take Fri 17 Apr |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | International Labour Day | no leave needed |
| 30 May – 1 Jun | 3 days | International Children's Day | no leave needed |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Laos, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 7 | 5 verified · 2 compiled | 2026-08-06 | |
| Optional and restricted days | 2 | 2 verified | 2026-08-06 | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 9 | 7 verified · 2 compiled | 2026-08-06 | |
| Elections | 6 | — | — |
Not held for Laos: Statutory weekly rest, Religious observances, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, School terms and breaks, Subdivision calendars, Exchange closures, Tax deadlines, School terms and breaks. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
1 named document, issued by 1 body, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Lao People's Democratic Republic — Labour Law (English working translation, update of 13 October 2014)
From the Bulletin
What the corpus turned up about Laos — published when there is something, and silent when there is not.
How Laos keeps time
| Observances | 9 across the national calendar |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 7 verified · 0 corroborated · 2 compiled, from 1 named source |
| Languages | English, lo |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | none listed |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-06 |
The Laos dossier
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7 of 9 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 1 named source, and every row says which.
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