About the Australian Embassy in Lao PDR
Head of Mission
HE Mr Jean-Bernard Carrasco, Australian Ambassador to the Lao PDR
Mr Carrasco, a senior career officer with DFAT, was most recently Assistant Secretary, South‑East Asia Strategies Branch. He has also served as Assistant Director-General, Climate Change and Environment Branch, AusAID; and Senior Adviser to the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. He has previously worked overseas as Minister Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.
Mr Carrasco holds a Graduate Diploma of Environmental Science from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Sydney.
Contact information
Address
Km 4, Thadeua Rd, Watnak Village, Sisattanak District,
Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
P.O. Box 292
Telephone
+856-21 353 800
Fax
+856-21 353 801
Australian Embassy Clinic Vientiane Updated on 1 March 2018
Opening hours
The Embassy will be open from 8:30am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday except for public holidays.
Public Holidays
January - December, 2018
| Monday 1 January 2018 | New Year's Day |
| Thursday 8 March 2018 | International Women's Day |
| Friday 30 March 2018 | Good Friday |
| Monday 2 April 2018 | Easter Monday |
| Monday 16 April 2018 | Lao New Year Holiday |
| Tuesday 17 April 2018 | Lao New Year Holiday |
| Tuesday 1 May 2018 | Lao Labour Day |
| Monday 28 May 2018 | Reconciliation Day |
| Thursday 22 November 2018 | That Luang Festival |
| Monday 3 December 2018 | Lao National Day |
| Tuesday 25 December 2018 | Christmas Day |
| Wednesday 26 December 2018 | Boxing Day |
| Thursday 27 December 2018 | Additional DFAT day |
| Friday 28 December 2018 | Additional DFAT day |
For more information about the public holiday CLICK HERE