| Application for establishing a representative office | Authorization / permit requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Domestic investors desirous of investing to report financials and operations | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Obligations of Investors toward the State | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Social Obligations of Investors | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on engaging in the conduct of prohibited or illegal business | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on obstructing investment promotion | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on investors from bribing government officials and staff | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on investors from conspiring with government officials for unlawful benefits | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on foreign investors from buying/selling land except for state land lease or concession | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on investors from not honouring obligations- financial and otherwise | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on investors from slandering government | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on investors from acting or mobilizing in a manner to adversely affect the traditions, customs and culture of the nation | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition on violating laws and regulations of Lao PDR | Prohibition | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
| Prohibition of sending Lao labor overseas in dangerous work conditions | Prohibition | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for establishment of recruitment service enterprises to be based on meeting technical requirements | Nationality (for services supplier) | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for establishment of recruitment service enterprises to be based on meeting technical requirements | Authorization / permit requirements | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for establishment of recruitment service enterprises to be based on meeting technical requirements | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for foreign labor to be subjected to conditions | Nationality (for services supplier) | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for foreign labour to be registered and receive work permit | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for importation of foreign labor to be subject to conditions | Nationality (for services supplier) | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
