| Documents required for approval of commercial credit abroad | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Documents required for the establishment of a business for export and import of precious metals by a foreign investor | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Documents required in an application for external borrowing | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Environmental health | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Health | Law on hygiene, diseasase prevention and health promotion (Amended) No. 08/NA, dated 21 December 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
| Establishing a Foreign Exchange Business which is not a commercial bank | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Establishment of AML/CFT Programme by Reporting Entities | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| External borrowing by residents of Lao PDR | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Identification required to open a foreign currency account | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Implementation of risk assessment and risk based approach | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| Obligation to ask for identification | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| Minimum Capital requirement for establishment of foreign exchange business which is not a commercial bank | Minimum capital requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Obligations regarding Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of the financing of terrorism | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| Opening a foreign currency account (Nostro Account) | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Postponing transactions | Administrative Requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on bribing staff and competent authorities | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on concealing, disusing, threatening, impeding and obstructing the functions of competent authorities | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on depositing purchased foreign exchange in the domestic accounts | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Instruction on Implementation of Decree Law on Management of Foreign Currency and Precious Metals No. 1/PC dated 17 March 2008 No. 01/BOL, dated 2 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on engaging in business activities associated with Bullets and weapons of all kinds (except for explosives used in industries) and war vehicles. | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on engaging in business activities involving all types of radioactive minerals | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on engaging in business activities involving Banknote paper, banknote ink, banknote printer and coin making machine | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
