Capital importation for foreign investors engaged in general business | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
Registered capital importation requirement for businesses obtaining concessions and undertaking projects with investment of value less than USD 10 million | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
Registered capital importation requirement for businesses obtaining concessions and undertaking projects with investment of value between USD 10 million and USD 500 million | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
Registered capital importation requirement for businesses obtaining concessions and undertaking projects with investment of value between USD 500 million and USD 1 billion | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
Registered capital importation requirement for businesses obtaining concessions and undertaking projects with investment of value of more than USD 1 billion | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion (Amended) No.14/NA, dated 17 November 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on Employment of Foreign Nationals | Nationality (for services supplier) | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decree of the Prime Minister Regarding the Implementation of the Law on the Promotion and Management of Foreign Investment in the Lao People's Democratic Republic No. 46/PM, dated 23 March 2001 | 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 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 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 |
Duration for Business Establishment or Project Operation | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Land inspection Authority | Prime Minister’s Decree on the Leasing of State Land No. 135/PM, dated 25 May 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Limitation placed on duration of land lease for foreigners | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Land inspection Authority | Law on Land No. 04/NA, dated 21 October 2003 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for each category of telecommunication services license to be valid for specific time | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Law on Telecommunication (Amended) No. 09/NA, dated 21 December 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for investment in (specific) economic zone to be subject to maximum duration of 99 years | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement to renew satellite communication business license | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Regulation on Approval of Total Maximum Weight of Trucks No. 13848/MPWT, dated 26 September 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement to renew the data center business operation license | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Decision On Approval to Operate Internet Data Center No. 590/MPT, dated 18 March 2016 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement to renew the Internet café business license | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Decision on Internet Café ServiceNo. 828/MPT, dated 11 March 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement to renew the internet service provider business operation license | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Regulation on Approval of Total Maximum Weight of Trucks No. 13848/MPWT, dated 26 September 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for long-term lease or concession to be for more than 15 years | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Land inspection Authority | Prime Minister’s Decree on the Leasing of State Land No. 135/PM, dated 25 May 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for medium term lease of State land to be for maximum of 15 years | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Land inspection Authority | Prime Minister’s Decree on the Leasing of State Land No. 135/PM, dated 25 May 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Type 2 of Representative office is valid for 1 year | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | 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 | 16-09-9999 |