Naadam holidays to last for nine days

Society
Amarsaikhan.B
en_amarsaikhan@montsame.mn
2016-06-10 15:03:09

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ According to the law, Mongolians are given five days off for the national grand festival – Naadam, which resides on July 11-15. As for this year, the holidays are going to last for nine days straight for the 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th of July are weekends.

With the newly adopted amendment to the Law on Public Holidays and Ceremonies in 2014, the state added two more days off for the holiday.  

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