13 April 2020 Positive Change in Response to Covid-19 Companies and businesses are facing unprecedented challenges in adapting to work amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Remote work and communication has rapidly developed into the norm and forced businesses to consider their crisis response and modify their operations. During this constant and challenging period of change, […]
10 April 2020 Notification on the Implementation of the Income Tax Exemptions based on the policies and measures to reduce the impact from Covid-19 The Notification on the implement of tax treatment as provided by the Decision on policy and measures to reduce the impacts of COVID-19 disease to the Lao PDR economy (the “Notification“) No. 1027/MOF dated 10 April 2020 […]
02 March 2020 New Notice on Procedures to Start a New Business The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (“MOIC”) released a notice for domestic and foreign investors who wish to start a business in Lao PDR, (“The Procedures to Start a Business”) dated 29 January 2020 referring to Order No. 02/PM, dated 01 February 2018 […]
19 November 2019 Rosie Cole joins our Lao PDR Corporate Practice Rosie Cole has joined Arion Legal Laos as Legal Adviser to its Corporate practice team. Rosie has professional experience and a good understanding of corporate transactions and has previously worked as a litigation practitioner in New Zealand. “Rosie’s appointment allows us to demonstrate our […]
25 August 2019 New Enterprise Registration System in Lao PDR Since the Prime Minister’s Order No. 02/PM of 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (“MOIC”) has been focusing on the regulatory amendments in respect business incorporation and corporate amendment procedures for investment in general business activities. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (“MPI”) and […]
[:en]All contracts in Lao PDR are required to be notarised and registered with the relevant authorities to ensure their legal compliance and validity under the Law on Notary. Additionally, security agreements are subject to registration requirements under the Law on Secured Transactions, and the Decree on the Implementation of the Law on Secured Transactions (the […]
[:en]The number of investors expressing an interest in starting businesses in Lao PDR has been increasing in recent years as the government of Lao PDR has continuously focused on providing regulatory changes in favor of both domestic and foreign investments. These investment policies have created many opportunities for new investors and competitors as well as […]
[:en]The latest developments in the ease of doing business in Lao PDR.[:]
[:en]There are two largely separate legal structures governing the inheritance by heirs to a deceased person’s estate in Lao PDR: inheritance by will and inheritance by law.
In this article we set out the basic framework and considerations of both.[:]
[:en]The trade balance surplus in Lao PDR reached USD 9,345 million in 2017.
The Department of Import-Export, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, has reported that in 2017 the industrial processing sector has expanded to a value of worth 8,942 billion kip, an increase of 4.15% compared to the year 2016.[:]
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