{"id":100591,"date":"2018-04-09T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T08:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diethelmtravel.com\/?p=100591"},"modified":"2018-04-09T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T08:31:21","slug":"public-holidays-2018-all-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dth.travel\/de\/public-holidays-2018-all-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Holidays 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

JANUARY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 January: <\/strong>New Years Day (Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, Maldives, Bhutan, Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

2 January:<\/strong> Substitution for New Years Day (Thailand)<\/p>\n

4 January:<\/strong> Independence Day (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

7 January:<\/strong> Victory Day Against Pol Pot Genocide (Cambodia)<\/p>\n

14\u00a0January:<\/strong> Tamil Thai Pongal Day<\/span>\u00a0(Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

15\u00a0January:<\/strong> Tamil Thai Pongal Day Holiday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

31 January:<\/strong> Macha Bucha Day (Thailand) &\u00a0 Thaipusam Festival (Malaysia)\u00a0& Navam Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 February:<\/strong> Federal Territory Day (Malaysia, only in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya & Labuan only)<\/p>\n

4 February: <\/strong>National Day (Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

12 February:<\/strong>\u00a0Union Day (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

13 February:\u00a0<\/strong>Mahasivarathri Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

14-20 February:<\/strong> TET – Lunar New Years (Vietnam)<\/p>\n

16-17 February:<\/strong> Chinese New Year (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)<\/p>\n

21-23 February:<\/strong> King’s Birthday (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

Chinese New Year
\n14-20 February:<\/strong> (Vietnam)\u00a015-21 February:<\/strong> (China) 16 February:<\/strong> (Malaysia, Philippine, Thailand)
\n16-17 February:<\/strong> (Singapore, Bhutan) 16-19 February:<\/strong> (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MARCH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 March:<\/strong> Macha Bucha Day (Thailand)\u00a0& Tabaung Full Moon Day (Myanmar) &\u00a0Madin Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

2 March:<\/strong> Peasants Day (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

8 March:<\/strong> International Women’s Day (Cambodia & Laos)<\/p>\n

20 March:\u00a0<\/strong>March equinox\u00a0(Bhutan)<\/span><\/p>\n

27 March:<\/strong> Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

29 March:<\/strong>\u00a0Maundy Thursday (Philippines)<\/p>\n

30 March:<\/strong> Good Friday \u2013 Easter (Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia – only in Sabah & Sarawak, Philippines, Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

31 March: <\/strong>Black Saturday\u00a0(Philippines) &\u00a0Bak Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

APRIL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2 April:<\/strong> Easter holidays (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

5 April:<\/strong> Qingming Festival (China & Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

6 April:<\/strong> Chakri Day (Thailand)<\/p>\n

9 April:<\/strong>\u00a0Day of Valor\u00a0(Philippines)<\/span><\/p>\n

13 April:<\/strong>\u00a0Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

13-15 April:<\/strong> Songkran Festival (Thailand) &\u00a0Khmer New Year (Cambodia)<\/span><\/p>\n

13-16\u00a0<\/span>April:\u00a0<\/strong>Water Festival (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

14-16 April:<\/strong> Lao New Year (Laos)<\/p>\n

25 April:<\/strong> Hung Kings Temple Festival (Vietnam) &\u00a0Shabdrung Kuchoe (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

30 April:<\/strong>\u00a0Reunification day (Vietnam) &\u00a0Labour Day Holiday (China) &\u00a0Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya\u00a0(Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MAY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 May:<\/strong> Labour Day (Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines)<\/p>\n

2 May:<\/strong>\u00a0King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck’s Birthday (Bhutan)<\/span><\/p>\n

3 May:<\/strong>\u00a0Royal Ploughing Day (Cambodia)<\/p>\n

7 May:\u00a0<\/strong>May Day Celebration (Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

13-15 May:<\/strong> King Sihamoni’s Birthday (Cambodia)<\/p>\n

14 May:<\/strong>\u00a0Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand)<\/span><\/p>\n

16 May:<\/strong> First of Ramazan (Maldives)<\/p>\n

22 May:<\/strong> Buddha’s Birthday (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

29 May:<\/strong> Vesak\/Visakha Bucha Day (Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) & Buddha’s Parinirvana (Bhutan) &\u00a0Adi Poson Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

30-31 May:<\/strong>\u00a0Harvest Festival (Malaysia – Labuan and Sabah only)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

JUNE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 June:<\/strong> International Children’s Day (Cambodia, Laos)<\/p>\n

1- 2 June<\/strong>: Hari Gawai (Malaysia – Sarawak only)<\/p>\n

2 June:<\/strong> Nuzul Al-Quran (Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur and Penang only)<\/p>\n

12 June<\/strong>:\u00a0Independence Day (Philippines)<\/span><\/p>\n

15 June:<\/strong> Hari Raya\/Eid Al-Fitr\/Fit’ Eid Day (Malaysia, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

15 – 16 June:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Hari Raya Puasa (Malaysia)<\/span><\/p>\n

16-17 June: <\/strong>On the occasion of\u00a0Fit’ Eid Day (\u00a0Maldives<\/span>)<\/p>\n

18 June:<\/strong> King\u2019s Mother Birthday (Cambodia) & Tuen Ng – Dragon Boat Festival (Hong Kong, China)<\/p>\n

23 June:<\/strong> Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

27 June:<\/strong>\u00a0Poson Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

JULY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2 July:<\/strong> Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

16 July:\u00a0<\/strong>First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

19 July:<\/strong> Martyr’s Day (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

20 July:<\/strong> Lao Women’s Union Day (Laos)<\/p>\n

26 July:<\/strong>\u00a0Independence Day (Maldives)<\/span><\/p>\n

27 July:<\/strong> Full Moon of Waso (Myanmar) & Asarnha Bucha Day (Thailand) & Boun Khao Phansa (Laos) &\u00a0Esala Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka) &\u00a0On the occasion of<\/span>\u00a0Independence Day\u00a0(Maldives)<\/span><\/p>\n

28 July:<\/strong>\u00a0Khao Phansa Day<\/span> and King Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand)<\/span><\/p>\n

30 July:<\/strong> Substitution of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

AUGUST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

9 August:<\/strong> National Day (Singapore)<\/p>\n

13 August:<\/strong> Substitution for Mother’s Day (Thailand)<\/p>\n

20 August:\u00a0<\/strong>Hajj Day (Maldives)<\/p>\n

21 August:<\/strong>\u00a0Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines) & Rice Growing Festival (Laos – half day) & Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0\u00a0(Maldives)<\/span><\/p>\n

22 August:<\/strong> Hari Raya Haji\/ Eid al-Adha (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

22-24 August:\u00a0<\/strong>On the occasion of\u00a0Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0(Maldives)<\/span><\/p>\n

25 August:<\/strong> Nikini Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

27 August: <\/strong>National Heroes Day (Philippines)<\/p>\n

31 August:<\/strong> Merdeka Day (Malaysia’s National Day)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

SEPTEMBER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2\u00a0September:<\/strong> National Day\u00a0holiday (Vietnam)<\/p>\n

5 September:<\/strong> Ancestor Festival (Laos – half day)<\/p>\n

9\u00a0September:<\/strong> Birthday of SPB Yang di Pertuan Agong\/King\u2019s Birthday (Malaysia)<\/p>\n

10 September:<\/strong>\u00a0Luang Prabang Boat Racing Festival (Laos)<\/p>\n

11 September:<\/strong> Islamic New Year\u00a0\u00a0(Malaysia, Maldives)<\/p>\n

15 September:<\/strong> Thimphu Drubchoe (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

16 – 17 September:<\/strong> Malaysia Day (Malaysia)<\/p>\n

19 – 21 September:<\/strong> Thimphu Tsheche\u00a0(Bhutan)<\/p>\n

24 September:<\/strong>\u00a0Constitution Day (Cambodia) &\u00a0Mid Autumn Festival\u00a0 (China) &\u00a0Binara Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka)<\/span><\/p>\n

25 September:<\/strong> Mid-Autumn Festival (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

OCTOBER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 October:<\/strong> National Day (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

1-7 October:<\/strong> National Day holidays – Golden Week (China)<\/p>\n

5 October:<\/strong> End of Buddhist Lent day (Laos – half day)<\/p>\n

8-10 October:<\/strong> Bonn Pchum Ben – Ancestors’ Day (Cambodia)<\/p>\n

15 October:<\/strong> Commemoration of King’s Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodia) & Substitution for the Commemoration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Thailand)<\/p>\n

17 October:<\/strong> Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

18 October:<\/strong>\u00a0Dasain (Nepali Festival) (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

23 October:<\/strong> Paris Peace Accord (Cambodia) & Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)<\/p>\n

23-25 October:<\/strong> Thadingyut Full Moon (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

24 October:<\/strong> Boun Ok Phansa (Laos) \/\u00a0Vap Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) \/ Vientiane Boat Racing Festival (Laos)<\/span><\/p>\n

25 October:<\/strong> Boat Racing Festival (Laos)<\/p>\n

29 October:<\/strong> King’s Coronation Day (Cambodia)<\/p>\n

31 October:<\/strong> Descending Day of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

NOVEMBER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 November:<\/strong> Coronation of His Majesty the King (Bhutan) &\u00a0All Saints Day (Philippines)<\/p>\n

2 November:<\/strong> Philippine Official Gazette<\/p>\n

3 November:<\/strong> Victory Day (Maldives)<\/p>\n

6 November:<\/strong> Deepavali Festival (Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

9 November:<\/strong> Independence Day (Cambodia) &\u00a0National Day (Maldives)<\/p>\n

11 November:<\/strong> Birth Anniversary of Fourth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan) &\u00a0Republic Day (Maldives)<\/p>\n

20 November:<\/strong> Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Malaysia, Maldives\u00a0& Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

21-22 November:<\/strong> Tazaungmon Full Moon (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

22 November:<\/strong> That Luang Festival (Laos) &\u00a0Ill Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

22-24 November:<\/strong> Bon Om Thouk – Water Festival (Cambodia)<\/p>\n

23 November:<\/strong> That Luang Festival (Laos)<\/p>\n

30\u00a0November:\u00a0<\/strong>Bonifacio Day (Philippines)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

DECEMBER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2 December:<\/strong> National Day (Myanmar)<\/p>\n

3 December:<\/strong> National Day Eve (Laos)<\/p>\n

5 December:<\/strong> National Father’s Day (Thailand)<\/p>\n

8 December:<\/strong> The Day Maldives Embraced Islam (Maldives) &\u00a0Immaculate Conception Day (Philippines)<\/p>\n

9 December: <\/strong>The Day Maldives Embraced Islam\u00a0(Maldives)<\/span><\/p>\n

10 December:<\/strong> Human Rights Day (Cambodia) &\u00a0Constitution Day (Thailand)<\/p>\n

17 December:<\/strong> National Day (Bhutan)<\/p>\n

22 December:<\/strong> Unduvap Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

24 December:\u00a0<\/strong>Christmas Eve (Philippines)<\/p>\n

25 December:<\/strong> Christmas Day (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

26 December:<\/strong> Boxing Day (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

30 December:<\/strong> Rizal Day (Philippines)<\/p>\n

31 December:<\/strong> New Year\u2019s Eve (Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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JANUARY 1 January: New Years Day (Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, Maldives, Bhutan, Sri Lanka) 2 January: Substitution for New Years Day (Thailand) 4 January: Independence Day (Myanmar) 7 January: Victory Day Against Pol Pot Genocide (Cambodia) 14\u00a0January: Tamil Thai Pongal Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka) 15\u00a0January: Tamil Thai Pongal Day Holiday\u00a0(Sri Lanka) 31 January: Macha Bucha Day (Thailand) &\u00a0 Thaipusam Festival (Malaysia)\u00a0& Navam Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka)   FEBRUARY 1 February: Federal Territory Day (Malaysia, only in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya & Labuan only) 4 February: National Day (Sri Lanka) 12 February:\u00a0Union Day (Myanmar) 13 February:\u00a0Mahasivarathri Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka) 14-20 February: TET – Lunar New Years (Vietnam) 16-17 February: Chinese New Year (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand) 21-23 February: King’s Birthday (Bhutan) Chinese New Year 14-20 February: (Vietnam)\u00a015-21 February: (China) 16 February: (Malaysia, Philippine, Thailand) 16-17 February: (Singapore, Bhutan) 16-19 February: (Hong Kong)   MARCH 1 March: Macha Bucha Day (Thailand)\u00a0& Tabaung Full Moon Day (Myanmar) &\u00a0Madin Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka) 2 March: Peasants Day (Myanmar) 8 March: International Women’s Day (Cambodia & Laos) 20 March:\u00a0March equinox\u00a0(Bhutan) 27 March: Armed Forces Day (Myanmar) 29 March:\u00a0Maundy Thursday (Philippines) 30 March: Good Friday \u2013 Easter (Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia – only in Sabah & Sarawak, Philippines, Sri Lanka) 31 March: Black Saturday\u00a0(Philippines) &\u00a0Bak Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)   APRIL 2 April: Easter holidays (Hong Kong) 5 April: Qingming Festival (China & Hong Kong) 6 April: Chakri Day (Thailand) 9 April:\u00a0Day of Valor\u00a0(Philippines) 13 April:\u00a0Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka) 13-15 April: Songkran Festival (Thailand) &\u00a0Khmer New Year (Cambodia) 13-16\u00a0April:\u00a0Water Festival (Myanmar) 14-16 April: Lao New Year (Laos) 25 April: Hung Kings Temple Festival (Vietnam) &\u00a0Shabdrung Kuchoe (Bhutan) 30 April:\u00a0Reunification day (Vietnam) &\u00a0Labour Day Holiday (China) &\u00a0Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya\u00a0(Sri Lanka)   MAY 1 May: Labour Day (Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines) 2 May:\u00a0King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck’s Birthday (Bhutan) 3 May:\u00a0Royal Ploughing Day (Cambodia) 7 May:\u00a0May Day Celebration (Sri Lanka) 13-15 May: King Sihamoni’s Birthday (Cambodia) 14 May:\u00a0Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand) 16 May: First of Ramazan (Maldives) 22 May: Buddha’s Birthday (Hong Kong) 29 May: Vesak\/Visakha Bucha Day (Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) & Buddha’s Parinirvana (Bhutan) &\u00a0Adi Poson Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka) 30-31 May:\u00a0Harvest Festival (Malaysia – Labuan and Sabah only)   JUNE 1 June: International Children’s Day (Cambodia, Laos) 1- 2 June: Hari Gawai (Malaysia – Sarawak only) 2 June: Nuzul Al-Quran (Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur and Penang only) 12 June:\u00a0Independence Day (Philippines) 15 June: Hari Raya\/Eid Al-Fitr\/Fit’ Eid Day (Malaysia, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka) 15 – 16 June:\u00a0Hari Raya Puasa (Malaysia) 16-17 June: On the occasion of\u00a0Fit’ Eid Day (\u00a0Maldives) 18 June: King\u2019s Mother Birthday (Cambodia) & Tuen Ng – Dragon Boat Festival (Hong Kong, China) 23 June: Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche (Bhutan) 27 June:\u00a0Poson Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)   JULY 2 July: Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day (Hong Kong) 16 July:\u00a0First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan) 19 July: Martyr’s Day (Myanmar) 20 July: Lao Women’s Union Day (Laos) 26 July:\u00a0Independence Day (Maldives) 27 July: Full Moon of Waso (Myanmar) & Asarnha Bucha Day (Thailand) & Boun Khao Phansa (Laos) &\u00a0Esala Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka) &\u00a0On the occasion of\u00a0Independence Day\u00a0(Maldives) 28 July:\u00a0Khao Phansa Day and King Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand) 30 July: Substitution of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand)   AUGUST 9 August: National Day (Singapore) 13 August: Substitution for Mother’s Day (Thailand) 20 August:\u00a0Hajj Day (Maldives) 21 August:\u00a0Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines) & Rice Growing Festival (Laos – half day) & Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0\u00a0(Maldives) 22 August: Hari Raya Haji\/ Eid al-Adha (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka) 22-24 August:\u00a0On the occasion of\u00a0Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0(Maldives) 25 August: Nikini Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) 27 August: National Heroes Day (Philippines) 31 August: Merdeka Day (Malaysia’s National Day)   SEPTEMBER 2\u00a0September: National Day\u00a0holiday (Vietnam) 5 September: Ancestor Festival (Laos – half day) 9\u00a0September: Birthday of SPB Yang di Pertuan Agong\/King\u2019s Birthday (Malaysia) 10 September:\u00a0Luang Prabang Boat Racing Festival (Laos) 11 September: Islamic New Year\u00a0\u00a0(Malaysia, Maldives) 15 September: Thimphu Drubchoe (Bhutan) 16 – 17 September: Malaysia Day (Malaysia) 19 – 21 September: Thimphu Tsheche\u00a0(Bhutan) 24 September:\u00a0Constitution Day (Cambodia) &\u00a0Mid Autumn Festival\u00a0 (China) &\u00a0Binara Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) 25 September: Mid-Autumn Festival (Hong Kong)   OCTOBER 1 October: National Day (Hong Kong) 1-7 October: National Day holidays – Golden Week (China) 5 October: End of Buddhist Lent day (Laos – half day) 8-10 October: Bonn Pchum Ben – Ancestors’ Day (Cambodia) 15 October: Commemoration of King’s Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodia) & Substitution for the Commemoration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Thailand) 17 October: Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong) 18 October:\u00a0Dasain (Nepali Festival) (Bhutan) 23 October: Paris Peace Accord (Cambodia) & Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand) 23-25 October: Thadingyut Full Moon (Myanmar) 24 October: Boun Ok Phansa (Laos) \/\u00a0Vap Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) \/ Vientiane Boat Racing Festival (Laos) 25 October: Boat Racing Festival (Laos) 29 October: King’s Coronation Day (Cambodia) 31 October: Descending Day of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)   NOVEMBER 1 November: Coronation of His Majesty the King (Bhutan) &\u00a0All Saints Day (Philippines) 2 November: Philippine Official Gazette 3 November: Victory Day (Maldives) 6 November: Deepavali Festival (Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka) 9 November: Independence Day (Cambodia) &\u00a0National Day (Maldives) 11 November: Birth Anniversary of Fourth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan) &\u00a0Republic Day (Maldives) 20 November: Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (Malaysia, Maldives\u00a0& Sri Lanka) 21-22 November: Tazaungmon Full Moon (Myanmar) 22 November: That Luang Festival (Laos) &\u00a0Ill Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) 22-24 November: Bon Om Thouk – Water Festival (Cambodia) 23 November: That Luang Festival (Laos) 30\u00a0November:\u00a0Bonifacio Day 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(Cambodia) 14 May:\u00a0Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand) 16 May: First of Ramazan (Maldives) 22 May: Buddha’s Birthday (Hong Kong) 29 May: Vesak\/Visakha Bucha Day (Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) & Buddha’s Parinirvana (Bhutan) &\u00a0Adi Poson Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka) 30-31 May:\u00a0Harvest Festival (Malaysia – Labuan and Sabah only)   JUNE 1 June: International Children’s Day (Cambodia, Laos) 1- 2 June: Hari Gawai (Malaysia – Sarawak only) 2 June: Nuzul Al-Quran (Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur and Penang only) 12 June:\u00a0Independence Day (Philippines) 15 June: Hari Raya\/Eid Al-Fitr\/Fit’ Eid Day (Malaysia, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka) 15 – 16 June:\u00a0Hari Raya Puasa (Malaysia) 16-17 June: On the occasion of\u00a0Fit’ Eid Day (\u00a0Maldives) 18 June: King\u2019s Mother Birthday (Cambodia) & Tuen Ng – Dragon Boat Festival (Hong Kong, China) 23 June: Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche (Bhutan) 27 June:\u00a0Poson Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)   JULY 2 July: Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day (Hong Kong) 16 July:\u00a0First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan) 19 July: Martyr’s Day (Myanmar) 20 July: Lao Women’s Union Day (Laos) 26 July:\u00a0Independence Day (Maldives) 27 July: Full Moon of Waso (Myanmar) & Asarnha Bucha Day (Thailand) & Boun Khao Phansa (Laos) &\u00a0Esala Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka) &\u00a0On the occasion of\u00a0Independence Day\u00a0(Maldives) 28 July:\u00a0Khao Phansa Day and King Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand) 30 July: Substitution of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand)   AUGUST 9 August: National Day (Singapore) 13 August: Substitution for Mother’s Day (Thailand) 20 August:\u00a0Hajj Day (Maldives) 21 August:\u00a0Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines) & Rice Growing Festival (Laos – half day) & Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0\u00a0(Maldives) 22 August: Hari Raya Haji\/ Eid al-Adha (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka) 22-24 August:\u00a0On the occasion of\u00a0Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0(Maldives) 25 August: Nikini Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) 27 August: National Heroes Day (Philippines) 31 August: Merdeka Day (Malaysia’s National Day)   SEPTEMBER 2\u00a0September: National Day\u00a0holiday (Vietnam) 5 September: Ancestor Festival (Laos – half day) 9\u00a0September: Birthday of SPB Yang di Pertuan Agong\/King\u2019s Birthday (Malaysia) 10 September:\u00a0Luang Prabang Boat Racing Festival (Laos) 11 September: Islamic New Year\u00a0\u00a0(Malaysia, Maldives) 15 September: Thimphu Drubchoe (Bhutan) 16 – 17 September: Malaysia Day (Malaysia) 19 – 21 September: Thimphu Tsheche\u00a0(Bhutan) 24 September:\u00a0Constitution Day (Cambodia) &\u00a0Mid Autumn Festival\u00a0 (China) &\u00a0Binara Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) 25 September: Mid-Autumn Festival (Hong Kong)   OCTOBER 1 October: National Day (Hong Kong) 1-7 October: National Day holidays – Golden Week (China) 5 October: End of Buddhist Lent day (Laos – half day) 8-10 October: Bonn Pchum Ben – Ancestors’ Day 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Lanka) 13-15 May: King Sihamoni’s Birthday (Cambodia) 14 May:\u00a0Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand) 16 May: First of Ramazan (Maldives) 22 May: Buddha’s Birthday (Hong Kong) 29 May: Vesak\/Visakha Bucha Day (Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) & Buddha’s Parinirvana (Bhutan) &\u00a0Adi Poson Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0(Sri Lanka) 30-31 May:\u00a0Harvest Festival (Malaysia – Labuan and Sabah only)   JUNE 1 June: International Children’s Day (Cambodia, Laos) 1- 2 June: Hari Gawai (Malaysia – Sarawak only) 2 June: Nuzul Al-Quran (Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur and Penang only) 12 June:\u00a0Independence Day (Philippines) 15 June: Hari Raya\/Eid Al-Fitr\/Fit’ Eid Day (Malaysia, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka) 15 – 16 June:\u00a0Hari Raya Puasa (Malaysia) 16-17 June: On the occasion of\u00a0Fit’ Eid Day (\u00a0Maldives) 18 June: King\u2019s Mother Birthday (Cambodia) & Tuen Ng – Dragon Boat Festival (Hong Kong, China) 23 June: Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche (Bhutan) 27 June:\u00a0Poson Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)   JULY 2 July: Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day (Hong Kong) 16 July:\u00a0First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan) 19 July: Martyr’s Day (Myanmar) 20 July: Lao Women’s Union Day (Laos) 26 July:\u00a0Independence Day (Maldives) 27 July: Full Moon of Waso (Myanmar) & Asarnha Bucha Day (Thailand) & Boun Khao Phansa (Laos) &\u00a0Esala Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka) &\u00a0On the occasion of\u00a0Independence Day\u00a0(Maldives) 28 July:\u00a0Khao Phansa Day and King Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand) 30 July: Substitution of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday (Thailand)   AUGUST 9 August: National Day (Singapore) 13 August: Substitution for Mother’s Day (Thailand) 20 August:\u00a0Hajj Day (Maldives) 21 August:\u00a0Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines) & Rice Growing Festival (Laos – half day) & Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0\u00a0(Maldives) 22 August: Hari Raya Haji\/ Eid al-Adha (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka) 22-24 August:\u00a0On the occasion of\u00a0Al’ haa Eid Day\u00a0(Maldives) 25 August: Nikini Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) 27 August: National Heroes Day (Philippines) 31 August: Merdeka Day (Malaysia’s National Day)   SEPTEMBER 2\u00a0September: National Day\u00a0holiday (Vietnam) 5 September: Ancestor Festival (Laos – half day) 9\u00a0September: Birthday of SPB Yang di Pertuan Agong\/King\u2019s Birthday (Malaysia) 10 September:\u00a0Luang Prabang Boat Racing Festival (Laos) 11 September: Islamic New Year\u00a0\u00a0(Malaysia, Maldives) 15 September: Thimphu Drubchoe (Bhutan) 16 – 17 September: Malaysia Day (Malaysia) 19 – 21 September: Thimphu Tsheche\u00a0(Bhutan) 24 September:\u00a0Constitution Day (Cambodia) &\u00a0Mid Autumn Festival\u00a0 (China) &\u00a0Binara Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka) 25 September: Mid-Autumn Festival (Hong Kong)   OCTOBER 1 October: National Day (Hong Kong) 1-7 October: National Day holidays – Golden Week (China) 5 October: End of Buddhist Lent day (Laos – half day) 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