Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following yesterday's cabinet meeting, the deputy prime minister and finance minister of Thailand, Kittiratt Na Ranong, announced that the Government of Thailand was considering declaring Monday, December 30, 2013, as an additional, one-off non-working public holiday in thailand, to create a five-day period of public holidays around New Year 2014, and boost tourism. [full story]