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
- [The United Nations Development Programme] pledges continued support for [Lao PDR's least developed country] transitionThe Star25 Aug 2026
- [Lao PDR], UAE eye stronger trade, investment, energy, cooperationThe Star24 Aug 2026
- Cambodia, [Viet Nam], and [Lao PDR] push for efficient cross-border drivingKhmer Times20 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
