Laos Declares January 3 Public Holiday

Sources: The Ventiane Times (Ventiane) and Laos bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of the Laos government secretariat, Cheuang Sombounkhan, has announced that Monday January 3, 2011, would be a public holiday in compensation for the annual New Year's Day holiday which falls on Saturday in 2010. [full story]