BANGKOK, Aug 13 (TNA) – The Thai Cabinet on Thursday approved September 4 and 7 as a substitute holiday for the postponed Songkran festival, creating a four-day weekend from September 4 to 7.

Earlier, the cabinet put on hold Songkran holiday this year to prevent people from travelling and spreading the disease during the height of the Covid-19 outbreak.

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