New Year's Day
ວັນປີໃໝ່ສາກົນ
Details
- Country
Laos- Scope
- Nationwide
- Type
- Public Holiday
- Gazetted
- Yes — official day off
- Month
- January 2026
- Long Weekends
- View opportunities
Business Impact
- Impact Level
- Normal Operations
- Impact Description
- Government offices, banks, schools, and most businesses are typically closed.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is New Year's Day a public holiday in Laos?
- Yes, New Year's Day is an official public holiday in Laos. Government offices, banks, and most businesses are typically closed.
- When is New Year's Day 2026?
- New Year's Day 2026 falls on January 1, 2026.
- What is New Year's Day called locally in Laos?
- New Year's Day is locally known as "ວັນປີໃໝ່ສາກົນ" in Laos.
New Year's Day
The first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, celebrated with festivities in most countries.
| Country | Date | Day | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laos(current) | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Montenegro | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Barbados | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Montenegro | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 San Marino | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Maldives | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burkina Faso | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Portugal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hungary | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Haiti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Monaco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Lucia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tajikistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Lucia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Norway | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turkmenistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Iraq | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Indonesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Eritrea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Poland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mozambique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Haiti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Austria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Macao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Switzerland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Reunion | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gabon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Canada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mongolia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Turkey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
| Austria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jersey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Botswana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Wallis and Futuna | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aruba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Sudan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Singapore | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Vietnam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mayotte | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Polynesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kosovo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Philippines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| French Polynesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nigeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guyana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malawi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Andorra | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Albania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belize | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Togo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 DR Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bulgaria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Costa Rica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brazil | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Germany | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominican Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mali | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mauritania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Finland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Thailand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Barbados | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guatemala | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Thailand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gibraltar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Syria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 North Macedonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea-Bissau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chile | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ghana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hong Kong | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Honduras | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Rwanda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liechtenstein | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Armenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Azerbaijan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Montserrat | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tanzania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lithuania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kazakhstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Namibia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lesotho | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Georgia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Latvia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Moldova | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Netherlands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Estonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malta | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mexico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belarus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Niger | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 New Zealand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Peru | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Papua New Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Argentina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Romania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uruguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Faroe Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Africa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Italy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Spain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greece | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Morocco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ukraine | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 China | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 France | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guernsey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cyprus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ireland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Luxembourg | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Norway | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Grenada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Martinique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Mozambique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tunisia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Iceland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belgium | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ecuador | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Hungary | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Russia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sweden | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Australia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Serbia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Belgium | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Canada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Botswana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Denmark | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United Kingdom | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Vanuatu | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Poland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Venezuela | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| South Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Indonesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Turkey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Jersey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Japan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Singapore | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Vietnam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Mongolia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Venezuela | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Denmark | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Fiji | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Helena | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 American Samoa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cook Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burundi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Eritrea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cameroon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Barthelemy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United Arab Emirates | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bermuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahrain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Philippines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Portugal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liberia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Colombia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Western Sahara | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Luxembourg | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malaysia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Comoros | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Isle of Man | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Fiji | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Anguilla | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cayman Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guadeloupe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Eswatini | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Benin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Reunion | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Djibouti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Central African Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Malaysia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Equatorial Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Christmas Island | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Senegal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tonga | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovakia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sierra Leone | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Vanuatu | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chad | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Curacao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 US Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greenland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Czechia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kuwait | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uzbekistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Falkland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Croatia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Monaco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Aland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tokelau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United States | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Panama | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uganda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kenya | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jamaica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Suriname | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Seychelles | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nicaragua | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Somalia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Algeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| San Marino | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sint Maarten | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cabo Verde | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sri Lanka | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Guiana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Madagascar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kyrgyzstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 British Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 North Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Switzerland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Puerto Rico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Japan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Full Closure |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Serbia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Colombia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jordan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Pakistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Martin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Burkina Faso | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zimbabwe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| United Arab Emirates | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
| Aruba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Paraguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brunei | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bolivia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Angola | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahamas | Jan 2, 2026 | Fri | — |
 Ethiopia | Sep 11, 2026 | Fri | — |