2023 Public Holidays | Cambodia
What is the status of the upcoming Cambodian 2023 public holidays?
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (“MLVT“) has announced the public holidays in 2023, through a recent Prakas (No. 243/22).
This Prakas indicated no substantial changes from the previous year’s Prakas (No. 277/71) on Public Holidays. However, 2023 will see one day less in public holidays when compared with public holidays announced for 2022, since the Commemoration Day of King Norodom Sihanouk (15 October 2022) will fall on the last day of the Pchum Ben Festival (13, 14, and 15 October), thereby limiting the overall number of public holidays to 20 days in 2023.
Below are the holidays which have been announced for 2023:
| Date | Holidays |
| 1 Jan | International New Year’s Day |
| 7 Jan | Victory over Genocide Day |
| 8 Mar | International Women’s Day |
| 14, 15, 16 April | Khmer New Year’s Days |
| 1 May | International Labor Day |
| 4 May | Visak Bocha Day |
| 8 May | Royal Plowing Ceremony |
| 14 May | King Norodom Sihamoni’s Birthday |
| 18 Jun | Queen Norodom Monineath’s Birthday |
| 24 Sep | Constitutional Day |
| 13, 14, 15 Oct | Pchum Ben Festival |
| 15 Oct | Commemoration Day of King Norodom Sihanouk |
| 29 Oct | Coronation Day of King Sihamoni |
| 9 Nov | National Independence Day |
| 26, 27, 28 Nov | Water Festival Days |
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