| February | * Makha BouSa - To commemorate an important event in the life of Buddha. |
| April | * Songkan (Boun PiMai - Lao New Year festival). The beginning of the Buddhist year. |
| May | * Visakha Bou Xa - Boun BangFai (Rocket Festival). Celebrate the birth, enlightment and death of Buddha. | June | * Boun Phravet |
| July /August | * Asalha Bou Saa - Commemmorate the Buddha's first sermon. Candlelight Festival * Boun Khao PhanSa - 'Buddhist Lent begins' festival |
| August | * Boun Khao Padab Din - Commemoration of the Dead |
| September | * Boun Khao Salak - Food offering to the dead / Ancestor day |
| October | * Boun Ok PhanSa - End of Buddhist Lent / Boat racing Festival) |
| November | * Boun Phra ThatLuang (Great Stupa Festival) in Vientiane * Loy Kathong Festival |
| January 1 | New Year's Day |
| January 6 | Pathet Lao Day |
| January 20 | Army's Day |
| March 8 | Women's Day |
| March 22 | People's Party Day |
| April 13 | Lao New Year (Boun Pimai Lao) |
| May 1 | Labor Day |
| June 1 | Children's Day |
| August 13 | Lao Isara Day |
| August 23 | Liberation Day |
| October 12 | Freedom from French Day |
| December 2 | Independence Day |