Two New Public Holidays Announced

 | Wed 12 Apr 2017 05:06 ICT

CityNews – On April 11, the cabinet announced that they have added two new official public holidays to the calendar starting immediately.

The two new holidays are:

The Birthday of King Rama X: July 28

The Passing of King Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej): October 13 

The holidays are effective immediately.

The cabinet also decided to scrap the public holiday for Coronation Day on May 5, which has been in place since 1957.