Trade and Investment:
Movement in Capital:
People Movement:
Export:
’s top partners in Asia and the Pacific
’s top partners in Southeast Asia
Initiatives / FTAs
Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
| Signed and In Effect | 11 |
| Proposed/Under consultation and study | 6 |
| Under Negotiation | 1 |
| Total: | 18 |
News
- Kazakhstan, [Lao PDR] seek new routes for trade and cooperationastanatimes.com3 Sep 2026
- Danang[, Viet Nam] and [Lao PDR] seek deeper cooperation in semiconductors, AI and digital technologyVietnam Investment Review30 Aug 2026
- [The United Nations Development Programme] pledges continued support for [Lao PDR's least developed country] transitionThe Star25 Aug 2026
Studies and Research
- Lao PDR: Assessing the Quality of Trade StatisticsG. Bannister, M. Ghazanchyan, and T. P. BikoiInternational Monetary Fund16 Nov 2017
- Glass Barriers: Constraints to Women's Small-Scale Cross-Border Trade in Cambodia and Lao PDRM. Serror, R. Record and J. ClarkeWorld Bank1 Nov 2017
- ASEAN–China free trade area and the competitiveness of local industries: a case study of major industries in the Lao People's Democratic RepublicLeebouapao, Leebeer, Sthabandith Insisienmay, and Vanthana NolinthaAsian Development Bank1 Jul 2012
