| Must set up location and name of representative office within 60 days from the date getting approval to establish the representative office | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 18-09-9999 |
| Registered capital shall not be under 50,000 USD | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 19-09-9999 |
| Representative office shall be registered as legal entity | Form of establishment | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 19-09-9999 |
| Representative office must be enterprise or limited company, sole limited company, state enterprise or public company | Form of establishment | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 19-09-9999 |
| For legal entity or company who used to launch representative office in laos, its previous representative office must be closed at lease 3 years before launching the new one | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 19-09-9999 |
| For legal entity or company who used to launch representative office in laos, its previous representative office must be closed at lease 3 years before launching the new one | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 19-09-9999 |
| Business operating license shall be extended 30 days prior its expiration date | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Instruction on Business Operating License for Business Authorities under Industry and Commerce no. 0045/MOIC.ERM, dated 18 January 2019 | 23-09-9999 |
| Business operating license, which is not required the technical monitoring and the assessment of periodic movements, shall be issued wihout expiration date | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Instruction on Business Operating License for Business Authorities under Industry and Commerce no. 0045/MOIC.ERM, dated 18 January 2019 | 23-09-9999 |
| Documents to extend the duration of business operating license | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Instruction on Business Operating License for Business Authorities under Industry and Commerce no. 0045/MOIC.ERM, dated 18 January 2019 | 23-09-9999 |
| Supporting document to apply for business operating license related to industry and commerce business | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Instruction on Business Operating License for Business Authorities under Industry and Commerce no. 0045/MOIC.ERM, dated 18 January 2019 | 23-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to produce, design, import and export billboard without the approval | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 24-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to create, produce or install billboard which are low quality and substandard | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 24-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to design, produce, and install billboard which defame or insult the national of Lao PDR, including its stability, security, ancestors, culture, heritage, and ethnic groups | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
| prohibit to threaten or offer bribes to the officers who monitor on billboard | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to obstruct, interrupt, dismiss or impede the activities related to billboard | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to create, install, use or move billboard without the approval | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to use the marks and trade marks without approval | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to involve in offering or receiving bribes for activities related to billboard | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
| Prohibit to use violence, force and threat; to calumniate; to defame or to perform any other inappropriate action to officers who responsible on billboard | Prohibition | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
| Ceasing to operate business on billboard shall be informed in written to Information, Culture and Tourism sector and industry and commerce sector | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | Law on billboard no. 50/NA, dated 21 June 2018 | 25-09-9999 |
