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  • The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has approved the promulgation of the Agreement on Wholesale and Retail Business No. 1005/IC.DT, dated 22 May 2015, which was made official by publication in the Lao Official Gazette on 24 June 2015. The major changes announced by this agreement are that foreigners are now allowed to invest in the wholesale and retail business under certain conditions. The Agreement on Wholesale and Retail Business is set to attract many foreign distributors to establish the wholesale and retail business in the Lao PDR, including automobile distributors.

  • The Ninth Ordinary Session of the Lao National Assembly’s Seventh Legislature and the Premier Ordinary Session of the Lao National Assembly’s Eighth Legislature (the “Conference”) was successfully held from July 1st – 22nd 2015 and from May 20th -22nd 2016, respectively.