Mon National Day celebrations were held at several places in Mon State and in Mon communities in Karen State, Rangoon, Pegu and Tenessarim Divisions.
The Moulmein based Mon National Day Central Committee produced "Mon Cultural Heritage" CDs to distribute it in Monland and exile communities. According to Nai Pan Aung, an organizer of the MND in Moulmein, the new cultural CD series was co-sponsored by the MND Committees, New Mon State Party and various cultural organizations with total investment of 5 million Kyats (Burmese currency).
The New Mon State Party organized main national celebration at 3 locations: Palaing Japan, near the 3 Pagodas Pass Thai Burma border town, Day TaMot Brat near Ye city and Hlar Dakot, the Moulmein District Administration area.
Several placards and boards of two Mon brothers, Tahputa and Bumleca were displayed on the main roads, in towns and villages in Mon State and southern Burma as a symbol of this year’s national day. According to the Mon history, the two brothers met Lord Buddha and received his hair during their trade to India over 2,500 years ago.

Australia

The celebration was held on January 31, 2004 in Canberra with solidarity speeches and cultural performances.
Nai Kwae Mon, the event organizer and leader of the Australia Mon Association reported, the MND ceremony was opened by Australian and Mon National Anthems, followed by speeches and messages from community leaders Nai Than Tin, Nai Shwe Lwin, Senator Hon. Gary Humpries, Professor Desmond Balls, Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister and Ms. Vicky Dunne, a Member for Legislative Assembly.

USA

The 57th anniversary of MND was held at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on February 7, from 5 p.m to midnight where about 500 guests were crowded in the hall to enjoy the traditional food, speeches and cultural performances.
Statements were read, messages from various community leaders and speeches from Keneth A. Rogers, Associate Dean and Director of International Service of Bloomington University, Tommy Shupe, a Representative of Congressman Mark Souder were delivered at the event.

Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore

The majority of the Mon migrant communities took a day off and celebrated the event near their work sites and temples.
Thai Mon Community cheerfully celebrated the auspicious event on February 1 at Wat Thongbor, Ayudhaya province where over a hundred households of Thai Mon people live and who still preserve the Mon culture and identity near the old capital of Thailand, Ayudhaya. Chairman of the Mon Unity League and other Mon communities in central Thailand attended the event. The Mon Youth Community organized the event; it will rotate to another province next year.
In Mahachai, several migrant workers enjoyed listening to an outdoor music band with many partaking in the traditional Mon cultural performance attended by the MND celebration. Organizer Nai Phong distributed about 500 copies of the MND’s joint statement about the Mon history and future.
In Bangkok, the Overseas Mon National Students Organization (OMNSO) held a modest gathering at a Buddhist temple on February 6 amid the Thai’s tough security on the migrant community, in which a large percentage of are Mon.
According to MUL General Secretary, “The celebrations are always a happy affair with no trouble whatsoever and which are well organized and well attended; they start around 6:30 in the morning and goes on into the evening. Several hundred young Mons attended the ceremony with most of them arriving at the temple (Wat) just before the sunrise”.
Senior monks dressed in their saffron robes attended and chanted Buddhist verse at the celebration, Mon historical and cultural information in the form of CDs were distributed. There was also classical entertainment of the Mon traditional dance given by beautifully and modestly dressed Mons in the evening.
“Many celebrations were held at various places, in Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Europe) but it is difficult to get information since we can’t easily communicate with these various Mon communities,” an organizer of the MND said.
In Chiang Mai, reported by Nai Yeup, the MND celebration was organized by young Mon students and about 60 ethnic nationalities including Burmese attended the event where the MND presented their joint statement with messages from the NCGUB and MUL to the audience.